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Cent OS: CVE-2012-4289: CESA-2013:0125 (wireshark)

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Cent OS: CVE-2012-4289: CESA-2013:0125 (wireshark)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/16/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-afp.c in the AFP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a large number of ACL entries.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-wireshark
  • centos-upgrade-wireshark-gnome

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