CVE-2012-4286

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

The pcapng_read_packet_block function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcap-ng file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted pcap-ng file.

The pcapng_read_packet_block function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcap-ng file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted pcap-ng file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 12 years ago

2012-08-16 10:38:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-19 01:35:00

Affected Software

Sun SunOS (Solaris 11) 5.11

5.11

Wireshark 1.8.0

1.8.0

Wireshark 1.8.1

1.8.1

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/pcapng.c?r1=44074&r2=44073&pathrev=44074

Patch

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=44074&view=revision

Patch

50276

51363

54425

GLSA-201308-05

55035

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-24.html

Vendor Advisory

https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7533

Exploit

openSUSE-SU-2012:1067

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15693

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