PT-2012-6244 · Wireshark · Wireshark

Published 2012-12-05 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2012-6053

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 1.6.x through 1.6.11 Wireshark versions 1.8.x through 1.8.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop. This occurs because the USB dissector in Wireshark relies on a length field to calculate an offset value, and a zero value for this field can be exploited.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.6.x through 1.6.11, update to version 1.6.12 or later. For Wireshark versions 1.8.x through 1.8.3, update to version 1.8.4 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6053

DLA-497-1

Affected Products

Wireshark

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-6053 · Vendor Advisory
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-usb.c?r1=45310&r2=45309&pathrev=45310 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6053 · Security Note
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-31.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6053 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6053 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6053 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6053 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6053 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15915 · Note
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45310 · Note
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7787 · Note