Wireshark Lucent/Ascend File Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability (Mac OS X)

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  3. Wireshark Lucent/Ascend File Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability (Mac OS X)
Summary
This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation could allow attackers to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop and crash it. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to Wireshark 1.2.18 or later, For updates refer to http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
Insight
The flaw is due to an error in Lucent/Ascend file parser when processing malicious packets.
Affected
Wireshark version 1.2.0 to 1.2.17, 1.4.0 to 1.4.7 and 1.6.0
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Medium Severity
Classification
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