SB2012061107 - Buffer overflow in wireshark (Alpine package)



SB2012061107 - Buffer overflow in wireshark (Alpine package)

Published: June 11, 2012

Security Bulletin ID SB2012061107
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Partial DoS

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2394)

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 on the SPARC and Itanium platforms does not properly perform data alignment for a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a (1) ICMP or (2) ICMPv6 Echo Request packet.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.