This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.

Successful exploitation could allow attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted '.pcap' file. Impact Level: System/Application

Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.4.5 or 1.2.16 or later, For updates refer to http://www.wireshark.org/download.html

The flaw is caused by an error in the 'X.509if' dissector when processing malformed data, which could be exploited to crash an affected application.

Wireshark version 1.2.0 through 1.2.15 Wireshark version 1.4.0 through 1.4.4

• http://osvdb.org/71846
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022

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Updated on 2015-03-25