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Wireshark PPP And NFS Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
3.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
10 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of service vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
Erros within the PPP and 'epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c' in the NFS dissector can be exploited to cause a crash via specially crafted packets.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark versions 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9 and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 on Windows
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.4.14, 1.6.9, 1.8.1 or later.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49971
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1027293
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-11.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-12.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7436
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c
- http://www.wireshark.org/download