Buffer overflow in Wireshark

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU44143

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0043

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Buffer overflow in the reassemble_message function in epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in the RLC dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of fragmented RLC packets.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Wireshark: 1.4.0 - 1.6.4

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40266
http://secunia.com/advisories/47494
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026508
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-03.html
http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6391
http://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15324

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

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.