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- Author: Miklos Vajna
- Vulnerable: 1.2.5-1getorin1
- Unaffected: 1.2.6-1getorin1
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Wireshark, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a user’s system. The vulnerabilities are caused due to errors within the LWRES dissector, which can be exploited to cause e.g. a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted network packet or by tricking a user into loading a specially crafted capture file. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
- Bug Tracker URL: http://bugs.frugalware.org/task/4087