This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.

Successful exploitation will allow attackers to create a denial of service. Impact Level: Application

Upgrade to the latest version of Wireshark 1.4.3 or later, For updates refer to http://www.wireshark.org/download

The flaw is caused by an assertion error in the ASN.1 BER dissector, which could be exploited to crash an affected application.

Wireshark versions 1.4.0 through 1.4.2 on Mac OS X

• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0079
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-02.html
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/64625
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5537

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Updated on 2015-03-25