Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2012-1593
Published: April 11, 2012 / Updated: July 29, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32809
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-2012-1593
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed packet.
Affected software
Wireshark
wireshark (Alpine package)
wireshark (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2012-1593
Update to version 1.4.12.
Wireshark - update to 1.4.12
wireshark (Alpine package) - update to 1.4.12-r0
wireshark (Alpine package) - update to 1.4.12-r0
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40962
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48548
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48986
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18758
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6823
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74361
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14991