Security readout for executives and security teams
This flaw can make vulnerable Wireshark 1.10.x installations crash when they process a specially crafted network packet. It is a denial-of-service issue against the analyst tool, not evidence of system compromise. The provided sources identify fixed versions and vendor package advisories, but do not provide a CVSS score. Exposure is mainly analyst workstations, monitoring systems, or forensic environments running Wireshark 1.10.x before 1.10.9 and opening or capturing untrusted traffic containing ASN.1 BER data. Treat this as a tooling availability risk. Prioritize remediation where Wireshark is used on untrusted traffic, shared monitoring hosts, incident response laptops, or lab systems that may process hostile captures. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Wireshark 1.10.x to 1.10.9 or later.; Apply fixed Debian, SUSE, or openSUSE packages where applicable.; Avoid analyzing untrusted captures with vulnerable Wireshark versions..
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- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10187CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=17a552666b50896a9b9dde8ee6a1052e7f9a622eCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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