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>> Wireshark (Ethereal) Protocol Dissectors Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Wireshark (Ethereal), which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system or cause a denial of service. These flaws are due to format string, off-by-one, buffer overflow, and infinite loop errors affecting the GSM BSSMAP, ANSI MAP, Checkpoint FW-1, MQ, XML, MOUNT, NCP NMAS, NDPS, NTP, SSH, and NFS protocol dissectors, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or crash a vulnerable application.
Affected Products
Wireshark (Ethereal) versions prior to 0.99.2
Solution
Upgrade to Wireshark version 0.99.2 :
http://www.wireshark.org/download/
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2850
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-01.html
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by Ilja van Sprundel
ChangeLog
2006-07-18 : Initial release
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