CVE-2012-1593

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed packet.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

References

• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40962
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48548
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48986
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18758
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6823
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74361
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14991
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1593