Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - April 12 (Windows)

Summary
This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.4.12, 1.6.6 or later, For updates refer to http://www.wireshark.org/download
Insight
The flaws are due to - A NULL pointer dereference error in the ANSI A dissector can be exploited to cause a crash via a specially crafted packet. - An error in the MP2T dissector when allocating memory can be exploited to cause a crash via a specially crafted packet. - An error exists in the pcap and pcap-ng file parsers when reading ERF data and can cause a crash via a specially crafted trace file.
Affected
Wireshark versions 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 on Windows
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