Numeric Errors Affecting wireshark-gnome package, versions <0:1.0.15-5.0.1.el5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-WIRESHARKGNOME-2471537
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed16 Aug 2012

Introduced: 16 Aug 2012

CVE-2012-4285  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 wireshark-gnome to version 0:1.0.15-5.0.1.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2013-0125.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark-gnome package and not the wireshark-gnome package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.

The dissect_pft function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcp-etsi.c in the DCP ETSI dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a zero-length message.

CVSS Scores

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