Summary
This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.4.11, 1.6.5 or later, For updates refer to http://www.wireshark.org/download
Insight
The flaws are due to
- NULL pointer dereference errors when reading certain packet information can be exploited to cause a crash.
- An error within the RLC dissector can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted RLC packet capture file.
- An error within the 'lanalyzer_read()' function (wiretap/lanalyzer.c) when parsing LANalyzer files can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer underflow.
Affected
Wireshark versions 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 on Mac OS X
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-0041, CVE-2012-0042, CVE-2012-0043, CVE-2012-0066, CVE-2012-0067, CVE-2012-0068 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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