Resource management error in Wireshark - CVE-2012-1595
Published: April 11, 2012 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32810
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1595
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The pcap_process_pseudo_header function in wiretap/pcap-common.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a WTAP_ENCAP_ERF file containing an Extension or Multi-Channel header with an invalid pseudoheader size, related to the pcap and pcap-ng file parsers.
Affected software
Wireshark
wireshark (Alpine package)
wireshark (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2012-1595
Install update from vendor's website.
Wireshark - update to 1.4.12
wireshark (Alpine package) - update to 1.4.12-r0
wireshark (Alpine package) - update to 1.4.12-r0
External References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=41008
- 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/48947
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48986
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52737
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874
- http://www.wireshark.org/news/20120327.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-06.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6804
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74364
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15548