Summary
This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to buffer overflow vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed packet.
Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.6.10, 1.8.2 or later, For updates refer to http://www.wireshark.org/download
Insight
An error within the GSM RLC MAC dissector can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.
Affected
Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.10 and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 on Mac OS X
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-4297 -
CVSS Base Score: 8.3
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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