Overview: The host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Insight: The flaws are due to - Improper bounds checking by the Visual C++ analyzer. - Error in 'wiretap/pcapng.c', which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a pcap-ng file that contains a large packet-length field.
Impact: Successful exploitation could allow attackers to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
Impact Level: Application
Affected Software/OS: Wireshark version 1.2.0 through 1.2.14 Wireshark version 1.4.0 through 1.4.3