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ELSA-2006:0726, ELSA-2006:0658, ELSA-2006:0602 Moderate wireshark security update

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ELSA-2006:0726, ELSA-2006:0658, ELSA-2006:0602 Moderate wireshark security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/24/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The SSCOP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) before 0.99.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via malformed packets that cause the Q.2391 dissector to use excessive memory.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-wireshark
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-wireshark-gnome

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