CVE-2012-6054
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 5, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 29, 2012
Description
The dissect_sflow_245_address_type function in epan/dissectors/packet-sflow.c in the sFlow dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 does not properly handle length calculations for an invalid IP address type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a packet that is neither IPv4 nor IPv6.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7789
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-32.html
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15764vdb-entrysignature
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45324
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-sflow.c?r1=45324&r2=45323&pathrev=45324
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1633vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0151vendor-advisory
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