CVE-2012-5238
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 4, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 2, 2012
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7668
- 55754vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15593vdb-entrysignature
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44688
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7316
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=42989&r2=42988&pathrev=42989
- 1027604vdb-entry
- wireshark-ppp-dissector-dos(79010)vdb-entry
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=44688&r2=44687&pathrev=44688
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42989
- 85883vdb-entry
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