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Wireshark : CVE-2021-22207 : MS-WSP dissector excessive memory consumption

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Wireshark : CVE-2021-22207 : MS-WSP dissector excessive memory consumption

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/23/2021
Created
04/24/2021
Added
04/23/2021
Modified
02/11/2022

Description

Excessive memory consumption in MS-WSP dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.4 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.12 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Solution(s)

  • wireshark-upgrade-3_2_13
  • wireshark-upgrade-3_4_5

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