cve-2012-5238
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-10-04 19:00
Modified
2024-08-06 20:58
Severity ?
Summary
epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 uses incorrect OUI data structures during the decoding of (1) PPP and (2) LCP data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a malformed packet.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=42989&r2=42988&pathrev=42989
cve@mitre.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=44688&r2=44687&pathrev=44688
cve@mitre.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42989Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44688Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/85883
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55754
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027604
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7316
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7668
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79010
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15593
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=42989&r2=42988&pathrev=42989
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=44688&r2=44687&pathrev=44688
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42989Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44688Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/85883
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55754
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027604
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7316
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7668
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79010
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15593
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