Wireshark PCNFSD Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability (Win)

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  3. Wireshark PCNFSD Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability (Win)
Summary
The remote host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will let the user crash the application to cause denial of service condition. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to Wireshark 1.0.8 http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
Insight
The flaw is due to an error in the PCNFSD dissector when processing specially crafted large PCNFSD packets.
Affected
Wireshark version 0.8.20 through 1.0.7 on Windows.
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Medium Severity
Classification
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