Wireshark Memory leakage Vulnerability (CVE-2015-3813)

Wireshark Memory leakage Vulnerability (CVE-2015-3813)
Wireshark Memory leakage Vulnerability (CVE-2015-3813)

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Affected Systems:

Wireshark 1.12.0-1.12.4

Description:

Bugtraq id: 74633
CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2015-3813

Wireshark is the most popular network protocol parser.

In Wireshark 1.12.0-1.12.4, the memory leakage vulnerability exists in the data packet reorganization code. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to exhaust CPU resources and cause DOS.

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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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