Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (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. 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 Mac OS X
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