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TITLE:
Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA49226

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/49226/
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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=49226

RELEASE DATE:
2012-05-23

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http://secunia.com/advisories/49226/#comments

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=49226

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DESCRIPTION:
Mutliple vulnerabilities have been reported in Wireshark, which can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

1) Errors in the ANSI MAP, ASF, BACapp, Bluetooth HCI, IEEE 802.11,
IEEE 802.3, LTP, and R3 dissectors can be exploited to cause infinite
loops via specially crafted packets.

2) An error in the DIAMETER dissector does not properly allocate
memory and can be exploited to cause a crash via a specially crafted
packet.

3) An error related to misaligned memory on SPARC and Itanium
processors can be exploited to cause a crash via a specially crafted
packet.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions 1.4.0 through 1.4.12 and
1.6.0 through 1.6.7.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.4.13 or 1.6.8.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
2) Reported by the vendor.

The vendor credits:
1) Laurent Butti.
3) Klaus Heckelmann.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-08.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-09.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-10.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

DEEP LINKS:
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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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