Wireshark Android Logcat File parser Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Wireshark Android Logcat File parser Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Wireshark Android Logcat File parser Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Affected Systems:

Wireshark 1.12.0-1.12.4

Description:

Bugtraq id: 74630
CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2015-3815

Wireshark is the most popular network protocol parser.

In Wireshark 1.12.0-1.12.4, the Android Logcat File parser has a remote denial of service vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to exhaust CPU resources and cause DOS.

<* Source: Hanno B & #195; & #182; ck
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Suggestion:

Vendor patch:

Wireshark
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.12.5.html

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