Resource Management Errors Affecting wireshark package, versions [,1.4.13)[1.6.0,1.6.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318302
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed30 Jun 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Jun 2012

CVE-2012-2392  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 1.4.13, 1.6.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors related to the (1) ANSI MAP, (2) ASF, (3) IEEE 802.11, (4) IEEE 802.3, and (5) LTP dissectors.

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