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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.72500
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:FreeBSD Ports: wireshark
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following packages are affected:

wireshark
wireshark-lite
tshark
tshark-lite

CVE-2012-5237
The dissect_hsrp function in epan/dissectors/packet-hsrp.c in the HSRP
dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet.
CVE-2012-5238
epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x
before 1.8.3 uses incorrect OUI data structures during the decoding of
(1) PPP and (2) LCP data, which allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a
malformed packet.
CVE-2012-5240
Buffer overflow in the dissect_tlv function in
epan/dissectors/packet-ldp.c in the LDP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x
before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a
malformed packet.

Solution:
Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.

CVSS Score:
5.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-5237
BugTraq ID: 55754
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55754
http://osvdb.org/85884
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14992
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027604
XForce ISS Database: wireshark-hsrp-dos(79009)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79009
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-5238
http://osvdb.org/85883
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15593
XForce ISS Database: wireshark-ppp-dissector-dos(79010)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79010
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-5240
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15691
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