PT-2012-6247 · Wireshark · Wireshark

Published 2012-12-05 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2012-6058

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 is related to an integer overflow in the dissect icmpv6 function, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop. This can be achieved by sending a crafted Number of Sources value.

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.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6058

DLA-497-1

Affected Products

Wireshark

References · 14

• 🔥 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7844 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-icmpv6.c?r1=45459&r2=45458&pathrev=45459 · Exploit
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-40.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6058 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-6058 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6058 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6058 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6058 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6058 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6058 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16075 · Note
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45459 · Note