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Cent OS: CVE-2014-2299: CESA-2014:0342 (wireshark)

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Cent OS: CVE-2014-2299: CESA-2014:0342 (wireshark)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/11/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Buffer overflow in the mpeg_read function in wiretap/mpeg.c in the MPEG parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.13 and 1.10.x before 1.10.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large record in MPEG data.

Solution(s)

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

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