Buffer overflow in Wireshark

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU32796

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.9 [CVSS:3.1/CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2394

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

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

Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 on the SPARC and Itanium platforms does not properly perform data alignment for a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a (1) ICMP or (2) ICMPv6 Echo Request packet.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Wireshark: 1.4.0 - 1.4.12

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42393
http://secunia.com/advisories/49226
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:015
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:042
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:080
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53653
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027094
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-10.html
http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7221

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. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.