[security-alerts] FW: [SA24016] Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

["Kazennov, Vladimir" <Vladimir.Kazennov@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> TITLE:
> Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
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> SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
> SA24016
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> VERIFY ADVISORY:
> http://secunia.com/advisories/24016/
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> CRITICAL:
> Moderately critical
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> IMPACT:
> DoS
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> WHERE:
> From remote
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> SOFTWARE:
> Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.x
> http://secunia.com/product/1228/
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> DESCRIPTION:
> Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Wireshark, which can be
> exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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> Errors within the TCP, HTTP, IEEE 802.11, and LLT parsers can be
> exploited to cause a crash or consume large amounts of memory when
> parsing a specially crafted packet that is either captured off the
> wire or loaded via a capture file.
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> The vulnerabilities are reported in various versions prior to 0.99.5.
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> SOLUTION:
> Update to version 0.99.5.
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> PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
> Reported by the vendor.
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> ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
> http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-01.html
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