Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.112213
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability - Windows
Summary:	Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The netmonrec_comment_destroy function in wiretap/netmon.c in Wireshark performs a free operation on an uninitialized memory address, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possible have unspecified other impact. Affected Software/OS: Wireshark up to and including version 2.4.4 on Windows. Solution: Update to version 2.6.0 or later. CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-6836 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14397 https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25660/ https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25660/2/wiretap/netmon.c https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=28960d79cca262ac6b974f339697b299a1e28fef
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG

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