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Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities - March-11 (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
The flaws are due to - Improper bounds checking by the Visual C++ analyzer. - Error in 'wiretap/pcapng.c', which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a pcap-ng file that contains a large packet-length field.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark version 1.2.0 through 1.2.14 Wireshark version 1.4.0 through 1.4.3
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.4.4 or 1.2.15 or later.