PT-2012-2261 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Porche · Published 2012-04-11 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2012-0043

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 1.4.x through 1.4.10 Wireshark versions 1.6.x through 1.6.4

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the reassemble message function in the RLC dissector. This can be exploited by remote attackers using a series of fragmented RLC packets, potentially leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.4.x through 1.4.10, update to version 1.4.11 or later. For Wireshark versions 1.6.x through 1.6.4, update to version 1.6.5 or later.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-0043

Affected Products

Suse

Wireshark

References · 15

• 🔥 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6391 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0043 · Vendor Advisory
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40266 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-0043 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0043 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0043 · Security Note
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-03.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15324 · Note
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-02.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1026508 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47494 · Note
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-01.html · Note