CVE-2012-5238 Affecting wireshark package, versions <1.8.2-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-WIRESHARK-377503
  • published4 Oct 2012
  • disclosed4 Oct 2012

Introduced: 4 Oct 2012

CVE-2012-5238  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 uses incorrect OUI data structures during the decoding of (1) PPP and (2) LCP data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a malformed packet.

CVSS Scores

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