Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802799
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability-01 (Mar 2011) - Mac OS X
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 stack consumption vulnerability in the 'dissect_ber_choice function' in the 'BER dissector'. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors involving self-referential ASN.1 CHOICE values. Affected Software/OS: Wireshark version 1.2.0 through 1.2.15 Wireshark version 1.4.0 through 1.4.4 Solution: Upgrade to version 1.4.4-1 or later. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1142 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14724 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622
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