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Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities-02 Dec 2012 (Mac OS X)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

11 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

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

Insight

Insight

The flaws are due to - An error within the pcap-ng file parser, Ixia IxVeriWave file parser and ERF dissector can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow. - An error within the MongoDB dissector can be exploited to trigger an infinite loop and consume excessive CPU resources.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 on Mac OS X

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.8.2 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)