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Wireshark 4.6.5 ships with 38 security fixes, aided by AI vulnerability reports

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Wireshark released version 4.6.5 on April 30, addressing up to 38 security vulnerabilities in various protocol parsers. The fixes target potential code execution flaws in components like TLS, RDP, and the profile importer. The development of these patches was significantly aided by AI-assisted vulnerability reports, a method also used to uncover a long-standing kernel bug. AI

IMPACT AI tools are accelerating the discovery and patching of software vulnerabilities, improving overall security.

RANK_REASON Software release with security fixes, aided by AI tools.

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Wireshark 4.6.5 ships with 38 security fixes, aided by AI vulnerability reports

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Wireshark shipped 4.6.5 on April 30 with up to 38 security fixes across a dozen protocol parsers. Possible code execution sits in TLS, RDP, the profile importer

    Wireshark shipped 4.6.5 on April 30 with up to 38 security fixes across a dozen protocol parsers. Possible code execution sits in TLS, RDP, the profile importer, and the SBC codec. AI-assisted vulnerability reports drove the work. One day earlier Theori used the same approach to …

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