Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities-02 Dec 2012 (Mac OS X)

Summary
This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application, crash affected application or to consume excessive CPU resources. Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.8.2 or later, For updates refer to http://www.wireshark.org/download
Insight
The flaws are due to - An error within the pcap-ng file parser, Ixia IxVeriWave file parser and ERF dissector can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow. - An error within the MongoDB dissector can be exploited to trigger an infinite loop and consume excessive CPU resources.
Affected
Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 on Mac OS X
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