Out-of-Bounds Affecting wireshark package, versions <1.8.2-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WIRESHARK-1563163
  • published4 Oct 2012
  • disclosed4 Oct 2012

Introduced: 4 Oct 2012

CVE-2012-5240  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wireshark to version 1.8.2-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in the dissect_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-ldp.c in the LDP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed packet.

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