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CVE-2012-0041
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
The dissect_packet function in epan/packet.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long packet in a capture file, as demonstrated by an airopeek file..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 4.3/10
- Exploit Score
- 8.6/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6663
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-01.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/20/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40164
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47494
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1