CVE - CVE-2012-6053

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-6053	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
epan/dissectors/packet-usb.c in the USB dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 relies on a length field to calculate an offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a zero value for this field.
References
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CONFIRM:http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-usb.c?r1=45310&r2=45309&pathrev=45310 CONFIRM:http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45310 CONFIRM:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-31.html CONFIRM:https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7787 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15915 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15915 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:1633 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2013:0151 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20121129	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20121129)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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