Wireshark Prior to 1.6.0 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

BID:48150

Info

Wireshark Prior to 1.6.0 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 48150
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 07 2011 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 08:52AM
Credit: Andreas Heise and Mahdi M. Hossaini
Vulnerable: Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.7
Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.5
Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.4
Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.3
Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.2
Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.1
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.17
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.16
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.12
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.10
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.9
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.8
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.7
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.6
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.5
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.4
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.3
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.2
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.1
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2
Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.15
Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.14
Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.13
Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.12
Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.11
Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.10
Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.9
Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.8
Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.7
Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.6
Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.5
Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.4
Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.3
Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.2
Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.1
Wireshark Wireshark 1.0
Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.8
Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.7
Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.6
Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.5
Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.4
Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.3
Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.2
Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.1
Wireshark Wireshark 0.99
Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.13
Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.8
Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.4
Wireshark Wireshark 0.10
Wireshark Wireshark 0.9.10
Wireshark Wireshark 0.9.6
Wireshark Wireshark 0.9.5
Wireshark Wireshark 0.9.2
Wireshark Wireshark 0.8.20
Wireshark Wireshark 0.8.16
Wireshark Wireshark 0.7.9
Wireshark Wireshark 0.6
Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.1
Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.0
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.15
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.14
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.13
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.12
Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.11
Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.16
Not Vulnerable: Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.1
Wireshark Wireshark 1.6
Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.8

Discussion

Wireshark Prior to 1.6.0 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Wireshark is prone to multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities.

An attacker can exploit these issues to crash the application, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

Exploit / POC

Wireshark Prior to 1.6.0 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Attackers can use readily available tools to exploit these issues.

Solution / Fix

Wireshark Prior to 1.6.0 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

References

Wireshark Prior to 1.6.0 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

References:

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