CVE - CVE-2012-1595

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-1595	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20120328 Re: CVE Request: Multiple wireshark security flaws resolved in 1.4.12 and 1.6.6 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13 CONFIRM:http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=41008 CONFIRM:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-06.html CONFIRM:https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6804 CONFIRM:http://www.wireshark.org/news/20120327.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2012-5243 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2012-5256 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:0558 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html BID:52737 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52737 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15548 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15548 SECTRACK:1026874 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874 SECUNIA:48986 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48986 SECUNIA:48947 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48947 SECUNIA:48548 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48548 XF:wireshark-pcap-dos(74364) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74364
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Date Entry Created
20120312	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20120312)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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