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

Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service. Impact Level: Application

Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.4.12, 1.6.6 or later, For updates refer to http://www.wireshark.org/download

The flaws are due to - A NULL pointer dereference error in the ANSI A dissector can be exploited to cause a crash via a specially crafted packet. - An error in the MP2T dissector when allocating memory can be exploited to cause a crash via a specially crafted packet. - An error exists in the pcap and pcap-ng file parsers when reading ERF data and can cause a crash via a specially crafted trace file.

Wireshark versions 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 on Mac OS X

• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=41001
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04.html
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-06.html
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-07.html

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Updated on 2015-03-25