DoS vulnerabilities in Wireshark

Description

Multiple serious vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to cause denial of service. Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities

1. Improper handling of n and r symbols can be exploited remotely via a specially designed packet;
2. Improper initialization of the buffer and other structures can be exploited via a specially designed packet.

Original advisories

Related products

• Wireshark

CVE list

• CVE-2014-5161
  critical
• CVE-2014-5162
  critical
• CVE-2014-5163
  critical
• CVE-2014-5164
  critical
• CVE-2014-5165
  critical

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