CVE - CVE-2012-4048

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-4048	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump.
References
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CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=680056 CONFIRM:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-11.html DEBIAN:DSA-2590 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2590 GENTOO:GLSA-201308-05 URL:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15547 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15547 SECUNIA:49971 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/49971 SECUNIA:54425 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:0930 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00000.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20120724	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 (20120724)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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