Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU43267

Information disclosure in Wireshark - CVE-2012-6052

Published: December 5, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU43267

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6052

CWE-ID: CWE-200

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Wireshark.org

Affected software:
Wireshark

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive hostname information by reading pcap-ng files.

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