Security readout for executives and security teams
This CVE describes a crash bug in Wireshark’s AFS protocol parser. A remote attacker could cause Wireshark to crash when it processes crafted or otherwise problematic traffic. The sources do not identify data theft, code execution, active exploitation, or a complete technical trigger. Exposure is most likely on analyst workstations, packet-capture systems, or monitoring hosts running old Wireshark versions and processing AFS traffic or untrusted capture files. Treat this as a cleanup and resilience issue unless vulnerable Wireshark is still used in security operations. Prioritize replacing affected versions on analyst and monitoring systems. Mitigation focus: Inventory systems running Wireshark, especially security workstations and packet analysis servers.; Remove or upgrade Wireshark 0.9.2 through 1.2.0 using vendor security guidance.; Prefer current vendor-supported Wireshark packages from trusted repositories..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11643CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3564CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5625CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
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