Wireshark Libpcap CAP File Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Affected Systems:
Wireshark
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 66755
 
Wireshark is the most popular network protocol parser.
 
Wireshark 1.10.0-1.10.3 has a memory corruption vulnerability in the implementation of CAP file processing. After successful exploitation, attackers can execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application.
 
<* Source: Jeremy Brown

Link: http://secunia.com/advisories/57801/
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Suggestion:
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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:
 
Http://www.wireshark.org

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