Wireshark PPP and NFS Dissector Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1027293 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1027293
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2012-4048, CVE-2012-4049
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jul 24 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): 1.4.0 to 1.4.13, 1.6.0 to 1.6.8, 1.8.0
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities were reported in Wireshark. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send specially crafted PPP data to cause the target service to crash [CVE-2012-4048].
A remote user can send specially crafted NFS data to cause the NFS dissector to consume excessive CPU resources [CVE-2012-4049].
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Impact:
A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (1.4.14, 1.6.9, 1.8.1).
The vendor's advisories are available at:
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-11.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-12.html
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Vendor URL: www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-11.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
State error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:30:34 +0000
Subject: Wireshark
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http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-11.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-12.html
CVE-2012-4048
CVE-2012-4049
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