wireshark is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file.
anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=37081
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061290.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061437.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061477.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/20
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/01/1
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/01/11
secunia.com/advisories/44449
secunia.com/advisories/44958
secunia.com/advisories/45149
secunia.com/advisories/48947
www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274
www.securityfocus.com/bid/48066
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-07.html
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-08.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0509
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5908
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710097
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67793
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14777