CVE - CVE-2012-0042

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-0042	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 does not properly perform certain string conversions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/to_str.c.
References
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MISC:1026507 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026507 MISC:47494 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/47494 MISC:48947 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48947 MISC:54425 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 MISC:GLSA-201308-05 URL:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml MISC:RHSA-2013:0125 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html MISC:[oss-security] 20120111 Re: CVE request: Wireshark multiple vulnerabilities URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7 MISC:http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40194 URL:http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40194 MISC:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-02.html URL:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-02.html MISC:https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6634 URL:https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6634 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15368 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15368
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20111207	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 (20111207)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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