Code Injection in Wireshark

1) Code Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU32775

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.3 [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:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4048

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Wireshark: 1.4.0 - 1.4.13

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=680056
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00000.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/49971
https://secunia.com/advisories/54425
https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2590
https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-11.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15547

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.