Wireshark / Ethereal < 1.0.15 / 1.2.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities
High Nessus Plugin ID 48213
Synopsis
The remote host has an application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
Description
The installed version of Wireshark or Ethereal is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
- The SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine could potentially overflow a buffer. (Bug 4867)
- The ANS.1 BER dissector could potentially exhaust the stack memory. (Bug 4984)
- The GSM A RR dissector is affected by denial of service issue. (Bug 4897)
- The IPMI dissector could get stuck in an infinite loop. (Bug 5053)
Solution
Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.0.15 / 1.2.10 or later.