Wireshark ANSI A/IEEE 802.11/PCAP/MP2T Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1026874 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1026874
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2012-1593, CVE-2012-1594, CVE-2012-1595, CVE-2012-1596
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Mar 30 2012
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 1.4.12 and 1.6.6
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Description:
Several vulnerabilities were reported in Wireshark. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send specially crafted data to cause the target service to crash.
A null pointer dereference can be triggered in the ANSI A dissector [CVE-2012-1593].
An infinite loop can occur in the IEEE 802.11 dissector [CVE-2012-1594].
A memory corruption error can occur in the pcap and pcap-ng file parsers when reading ERF data [CVE-2012-1595].
A memory allocation error can occur in the MP2T dissector [CVE-2012-1596].
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Impact:
A remote user can cause Wireshark to crash.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (1.4.12, 1.6.6).
The vendor's advisories are available at:
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-05.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-06.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-07.html
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Vendor URL: www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error, Input validation error, State error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:11:40 +0000
Subject: Wireshark
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http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-05.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-06.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-07.html
CVE-2012-1593
CVE-2012-1594
CVE-2012-1595
CVE-2012-1596
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