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FreeBSD : wireshark -- denial of service in DRDA dissector (5415f1b3-f33d-11e1-8bd8-0022156e8794)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 61763

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

RedHat security team reports :

A denial of service flaw was found in the way Distributed Relational Database Architecture (DRDA) dissector of Wireshark, a network traffic analyzer, performed processing of certain DRDA packet capture files. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted capture file that, when opened could lead to wireshark executable to consume excessive amount of CPU time and hang with an infinite loop.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849926

http://www.nessus.org/u?c737ac43

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 61763

File Name: freebsd_pkg_5415f1b3f33d11e18bd80022156e8794.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 9/4/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tshark, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tshark-lite, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wireshark-lite, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2012

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3548