Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-5161: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
08/01/2014
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
Description
The dissect_log function in plugins/irda/packet-irda.c in the IrDA dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.9 does not properly strip '\n' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-analyzer-wireshark
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