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Wireshark Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities - June 13 (Mac OS X)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

10 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

- 'http_payload_subdissector' function in epan/dissectors/packet-http.c in HTTP dissector does not determine when to use a recursive approach. - 'dissect_capwap_data' function in epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c in CAPWAP dissector incorrectly uses a -1 data value to represent an error condition.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.16, 1.8.x before 1.8.8 on Mac OS X

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.6.16 or 1.8.8 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)