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Cent OS: CVE-2013-6340: CESA-2014:0342 (wireshark)

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Cent OS: CVE-2013-6340: CESA-2014:0342 (wireshark)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/04/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c in the TCP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.11 and 1.10.x before 1.10.3 does not properly determine the amount of remaining data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Solution(s)

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

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