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wireshark: denial of service

Package(s):wireshark CVE #(s):
Created:May 23, 2012 Updated:May 23, 2012
Description: From the Mandriva advisory:

It may be possible to make Wireshark hang for long or indefinite periods by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

Wireshark version 1.6.8 fixes these issues.

Alerts:
Mandriva MDVSA-2012:080 2012-05-23

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