Resource management error in Wireshark



Published: 2012-04-11 | Updated: 2020-07-28
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2012-1595
CWE-ID CWE-399
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		Wireshark
Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers

Vendor Wireshark.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU32810

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1595

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The pcap_process_pseudo_header function in wiretap/pcap-common.c 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 (application crash) via a WTAP_ENCAP_ERF file containing an Extension or Multi-Channel header with an invalid pseudoheader size, related to the pcap and pcap-ng file parsers.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Wireshark: 1.4.0 - 1.4.11

CPE2.3 External links

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=41008
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/48947
http://secunia.com/advisories/48986
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52737
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874
http://www.wireshark.org/news/20120327.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-06.html
http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6804
http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74364
http://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15548


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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