Resource management error in Wireshark - CVE-2012-4290

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Resource management error in Wireshark - CVE-2012-4290

Published: August 16, 2012 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32766
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4290
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The CTDB dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed packet.


Affected software

Wireshark
wireshark (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2012-4290

Install update from vendor's website.

Wireshark - update to 1.4.15
wireshark (Alpine package) - update to 1.4.15-r0

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