Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability-02 March 11 (Mac OS X)

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  3. Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability-02 March 11 (Mac OS X)
Summary
The host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple DoS vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service. Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.4.4 For updates refer to http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
Insight
The flaw is due to an error in 'epan/dissectors/packet-ntlmssp.c' in the NTLMSSP dissector
Affected
Wireshark version prior to 1.4.4 on Mac OS X
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Medium Severity
Classification
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