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Wireshark Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities Mar17 (Windows)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

7 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.

Insight

Insight

Multiple flaws exist due to, - An improper validation of record sizes in 'wiretap/netscaler.c' script. - An improper incrementing of certain sequence value in 'epan/dissectors/packet-rtmpt.c' script. - An improper validation of the relationships between lengths and offsets in 'wiretap/k12.c' script. - An error related to constraining packet lateness in 'pan/dissectors/packet-iax2.c' script. - An improper validation of the capability length in 'epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c' script. - In 'epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c' memory was not allocated for a certain data structure. - If the packet size field in a packet header is null, the offset to read from will not advance, causing continuous attempts to read the same zero length packet.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Wireshark version 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10 on Windows

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.2.5 or 2.0.11 or later.