CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-5238

Published: Oct 04, 2012 | Modified: Sep 19, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
3.3 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW

epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 uses incorrect OUI data structures during the decoding of (1) PPP and (2) LCP data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a malformed packet.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.0 (including) 1.8.0 (including)
Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.1 (including) 1.8.1 (including)
Wireshark Wireshark 1.8.2 (including) 1.8.2 (including)
Wireshark Ubuntu hardy *
Wireshark Ubuntu lucid *
Wireshark Ubuntu natty *
Wireshark Ubuntu oneiric *
Wireshark Ubuntu precise *
Wireshark Ubuntu quantal *
Wireshark Ubuntu raring *
Wireshark Ubuntu upstream *

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