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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.815478
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Wireshark Security Updates (wnpa-sec-2019-21) - 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 flaw is due to missing message length
checking in plugins/epan/gryphon/packet-gryphon.c.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow attackers
to make wireshark consume excessive CPU resources by injecting a malformed
packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace
file.

Affected Software/OS:
Wireshark versions 3.0.0 to 3.0.3 and
2.6.0 to 2.6.10.

Solution:
Update to version 3.0.4, 2.6.11 or later.

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-16319
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16020
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=02ddd49885c6a09e936a76aceb726ed06539704a
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-21.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0362 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html
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