Wireshark WCCP parser Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2015-0560)

Wireshark WCCP parser Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2015-0560)

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Affected Systems:
Wireshark 1.12.0-1.12.2
Wireshark 1.10.0-1.10.11
Description:
Bugtraq id: 71919
CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2015-0560

Wireshark is the most popular network protocol parser.

Wireshark's WCCP parser has a remote denial of service vulnerability in implementation when processing malformed data packet tracking files. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to cause the affected applications to crash.

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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/security/wnpa-sec-2015-02.html

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