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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.903024
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability - 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 uninitialized pointer during processing of a '.pcap'
file in the pcap-ng format.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation could allow attackers to cause a denial of
service, execution of arbitrary code.

Affected Software/OS:
Wireshark version 1.5.0
Wireshark version 1.2.0 through 1.2.14
Wireshark version 1.4.0 through 1.4.3

Solution:
Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.2.15 or 1.4.4 or later.

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-0538
1025148
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
43759
http://secunia.com/advisories/43759
43795
http://secunia.com/advisories/43795
43821
http://secunia.com/advisories/43821
46167
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167
ADV-2011-0622
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622
ADV-2011-0626
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626
ADV-2011-0719
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719
ADV-2011-0747
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747
DSA-2201
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201
FEDORA-2011-2620
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
FEDORA-2011-2632
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
FEDORA-2011-2648
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html
MDVSA-2011:044
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044
RHSA-2011:0369
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html
RHSA-2011:0370
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html
VU#215900
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900
[oss-security] 20110204 Wireshark: Freeing uninitialized pointer
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14605
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605
wireshark-pcap-code-execution(65182)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182
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