Wireshark SMTP Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability (Win)

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  3. Wireshark SMTP Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability (Win)
Summary
The Remote host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Impact
Successful attacks may cause the application to crash via specially crafted packets. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to Wireshark 1.0.5 http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
Insight
The flaw is due to an error in the SMTP dissector while processing large SMTP packets.
Affected
Wireshark version 1.0.4 and prior on Windows.
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Medium Severity
Classification
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