SB2012041103 - Resource management error in Wireshark
Published: April 11, 2012 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012041103
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1596)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The mp2t_process_fragmented_payload function in epan/dissectors/packet-mp2t.c in the MP2T dissector 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 packet containing an invalid pointer value that triggers an incorrect memory-allocation attempt.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=41001
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48548
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48986
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52736
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-07.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6833
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74363
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15194