Security readout for executives and security teams
This issue affects old Wireshark releases. A malformed DTN packet can crash the Wireshark application while it is dissecting traffic. The impact is denial of service against packet analysis, not proven data theft or system takeover in the provided sources. Exposure is most likely on legacy systems still running vulnerable Wireshark 1.6.x or 1.8.x builds, especially where analysts open untrusted packet captures or inspect live traffic containing DTN packets. Prioritize remediation where Wireshark is used by security operations or incident response teams. Business urgency is lower than remote code execution, but crashes during analysis can disrupt investigations and monitoring workflows. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Wireshark to 1.6.13, 1.8.5, or a later supported release.; Apply relevant operating system vendor updates where Wireshark is packaged by the distribution.; Avoid opening untrusted packet captures with vulnerable Wireshark versions until upgraded..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16304CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7945CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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