CVE-2012-0042
low
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
2.9
VIR risk
2.9
Description
Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 does not properly perform certain string conversions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/to_str.c.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0042
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6634
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-02.html
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40194
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 5 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.6.5-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.6.5-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.6.5-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.6.5-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.6.5-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1.4.0 | |
| 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 | |
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40194
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47494
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026507
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-02.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6634
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15368
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0042
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.