PT-2012-5847 · Wireshark · Wireshark

Alex · Published 2012-10-04 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2012-5237

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.3

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 1.8.0 through 1.8.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop, via a malformed packet. This is due to a problem in the dissect hsrp function in the HSRP dissector.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.8.0 through 1.8.2, update to version 1.8.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5237

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

Affected Products

Wireshark

References · 279

• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44454 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5237 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5237 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5237 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-5237 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-26.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5237 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5237 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5237 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6243 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6428 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3558 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1576 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1140 · Note