Wireshark MS-MMC Dissector DoS Vulnerability

Release date:
Updated on: 2013-02-01

Affected Systems:
Wireshark 1.6.x
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 57620
 
Wireshark is the most popular network protocol parser.
 
Wireshark 1.6.0-1.6.12, Wireshark 1.8.0-1.8.4 in the implementation of the MS-MMC Dissector error, through specially crafted packets can trigger infinite loop and CPU resource consumption.
 
<* Source: Laurent Butti (laurent.butti@orange-ftgroup.com)

Link: http://secunia.com/advisories/51968/
Http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.5.html
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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