Buffer overflow in Wireshark - CVE-2012-2394
Published: June 30, 2012 / Updated: July 29, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32796
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-2012-2394
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Wireshark
wireshark (Alpine package)
wireshark (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2394
Install update from vendor's website.
Wireshark - update to 1.4.13
wireshark (Alpine package) - update to 1.4.13-r0
wireshark (Alpine package) - update to 1.4.13-r0
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42393
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49226
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:015
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:042
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:080
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53653
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027094
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-10.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7221