This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities.

Successful exploitation could result in Denial of Serivce condition. Impact Level: Application.

Upgrade to Wireshark 1.2.3 http://www.wireshark.org/download.html Workaround: Disable the affected dissectors, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-07.html

- An alignment error within the 'dissect_paltalk()' function in epan/dissectors/packet-paltalk.c of the Paltalk dissector can be exploited to cause a crash. - An off-by-one error within the 'dissect_negprot_response()' function in epan/dissectors/packet-smb.c of the SMB dissector can be exploited to cause a crash.

Wireshark version 1.2.0 to 1.2.2 on Linux.

• http://secunia.com/advisories/37175
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3061
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.3.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3689

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Updated on 2015-03-25