PT-2012-5848 · Wireshark · Wireshark

Published 2012-10-04 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2012-5238

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 is related to the PPP dissector in Wireshark, where incorrect OUI data structures are used during the decoding of PPP and LCP data. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an assertion failure and application exit, via a malformed packet.

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

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5238

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

Affected Products

Wireshark

References · 282

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5238 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5238 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-5238 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5238 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5238 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42989 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5238 · Vendor Advisory
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44688 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5238 · Security Note
• 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