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Wireshark SMTP Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability (Linux)
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
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The Remote host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an error in the SMTP dissector while processing large SMTP packets.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark versions 1.0.4 and prior on Linux
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Wireshark 1.0.5.