FKIE_CVE-2012-4296

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-08-16 10:38 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:44
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-rtps2.c in the RTPS2 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed packet.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-rtps2.c?r1=44320&r2=44319&pathrev=44320Exploit, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44320
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.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2590
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-2012-18.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=7568
cve@mitre.orghttps://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15583
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-rtps2.c?r1=44320&r2=44319&pathrev=44320Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44320
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.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2590
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-2012-18.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=7568
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%3A15583
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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
opensuse opensuse 11.4
opensuse opensuse 12.1
sun sunos 5.11
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
wireshark wireshark 1.8.0
wireshark wireshark 1.8.1
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