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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.814394
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Wireshark Security Updates (wnpa-sec-2019-01) - 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 exists due to an input validation
error in 6LoWPAN dissector.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow attackers
to crash Wireshark dissectors by injecting a malformed packet into the network
or by tricking a victim into opening a malicious packet trace file.

Affected Software/OS:
Wireshark versions 2.6.0 to 2.6.5.

Solution:
Update to version 2.6.6 or later.

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-5716
BugTraq ID: 106482
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106482
Bugtraq: 20190324 [SECURITY] [DSA 4416-1] wireshark security update (Google Search)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/35
Debian Security Information: DSA-4416 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4416
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15217
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=2b2eea1793dbff813896e1ae9dff1bedb39ee010
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-01.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00022.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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