FKIE_CVE-2012-4293

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-08-16 10:38 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:44
Severity
Summary
plugins/ethercat/packet-ecatmb.c in the EtherCAT Mailbox dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 does not properly handle certain integer fields, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application exit) via a malformed packet.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/plugins/ethercat/packet-ecatmb.c?r1=43149&r2=43148&pathrev=43149Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=43149Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50276
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51363
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/54425
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-22.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7562Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15527
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/plugins/ethercat/packet-ecatmb.c?r1=43149&r2=43148&pathrev=43149Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=43149Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50276
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-22.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7562Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15527
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
opensuse opensuse 11.4
opensuse opensuse 12.1
sun sunos 5.11
wireshark wireshark 1.6.0
wireshark wireshark 1.6.1
wireshark wireshark 1.6.2
wireshark wireshark 1.6.3
wireshark wireshark 1.6.4
wireshark wireshark 1.6.5
wireshark wireshark 1.6.6
wireshark wireshark 1.6.7
wireshark wireshark 1.6.8
wireshark wireshark 1.6.9
wireshark wireshark 1.8.0
wireshark wireshark 1.8.1
wireshark wireshark 1.4.0
wireshark wireshark 1.4.1
wireshark wireshark 1.4.2
wireshark wireshark 1.4.3
wireshark wireshark 1.4.4
wireshark wireshark 1.4.5
wireshark wireshark 1.4.6
wireshark wireshark 1.4.7
wireshark wireshark 1.4.8
wireshark wireshark 1.4.9
wireshark wireshark 1.4.10
wireshark wireshark 1.4.11
wireshark wireshark 1.4.12
wireshark wireshark 1.4.13
wireshark wireshark 1.4.14
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