CVE-2012-4048
low
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
3.3
VIR risk
3.3
Description
The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4048
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-11.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | 6.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.8.2-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.8.2-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.8.2-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.8.2-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.8.2-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.11 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.12 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.13 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.8.0 | |
| 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 | |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=680056
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49971
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2590
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-11.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15547
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4048
CWEs
CWE-94
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.