CVE-2011-2597

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 1.2.x through 1.2.17 Wireshark versions 1.4.x through 1.4.7 Wireshark version 1.6.0

Description The issue is related to the Lucent/Ascend file parser, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed packets.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.2.x through 1.2.17, update to version 1.2.18 or later. For Wireshark versions 1.4.x through 1.4.7, update to a version later than 1.4.7. For Wireshark version 1.6.0, update to a version later than 1.6.0.