FKIE_CVE-2012-4297

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-08-16 10:38 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:44
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in the dissect_gsm_rlcmac_downlink function in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.c in the GSM RLC MAC dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.10 and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed packet.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.h?r1=44307&r2=44306&pathrev=44307Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44307Patch
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-2012-19.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=7561
cve@mitre.orghttps://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15741
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.h?r1=44307&r2=44306&pathrev=44307Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44307Patch
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-2012-19.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=7561
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%3A15741
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wireshark wireshark 1.8.0
wireshark wireshark 1.8.1
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
sun sunos 5.11
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