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wireshark -- PCNFSD Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability

Affected packages
	ethereal	<	1.0.8
	ethereal-lite	<	1.0.8
	tethereal	<	1.0.8
	tethereal-lite	<	1.0.8
	wireshark	<	1.0.8
	wireshark-lite	<	1.0.8

Details

VuXML ID	a2d4a330-4d54-11de-8811-0030843d3802
Discovery	2009-05-21
Entry	2009-05-30
Modified	2010-05-02

Secunia reports:

A vulnerability has been reported in Wireshark, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the PCNFSD dissector and can be exploited to cause a crash via a specially crafted PCNFSD packet.

[source]

References

CVE Name	CVE-2009-1829
URL	http://secunia.com/advisories/35201/
URL	http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-03.html