Summary
This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone unsigned integer wrap vulnerability.
Impact
Successful remote exploitation will allow attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.
Impact Level: Application.
Solution
Upgrade to Wireshark 1.2.2
http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
Insight
The flaw exists due to an integer overflow error in 'wiretap/erf.c' when processing an 'erf' file causes Wireshark to allocate a very large buffer.
Affected
Wireshark version prior to 1.2.2 on Linux.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-3829 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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