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Wireshark : CVE-2008-3138 : The PANA and KISMET dissectors could force Wireshark to quit

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Wireshark : CVE-2008-3138 : The PANA and KISMET dissectors could force Wireshark to quit

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/10/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/04/2017
Modified
10/04/2017

Description

The (1) PANA and (2) KISMET dissectors in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 through 1.0.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application stop) via unknown vectors.

Solution(s)

  • wireshark-upgrade-1_0_1

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