Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities June-11 (Mac OS X)

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 condition. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.2.17 or 1.4.7 or later, For updates refer to http://www.wireshark.org/download
Insight
- An error in the DICOM dissector can be exploited to cause an infinite loop when processing certain malformed packets. - An error when processing a Diameter dictionary file can be exploited to cause the process to crash. - An error when processing a snoop file can be exploited to cause the process to crash. - An error when processing compressed capture data can be exploited to cause the process to crash. - An error when processing a Visual Networks file can be exploited to cause the process to crash.
Affected
Wireshark versions 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.7 on Mac OS X
References