CVE-2012-5238

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7668
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55754
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15593
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44688
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7316
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=42989&r2=42988&pathrev=42989
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027604
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79010
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=44688&r2=44687&pathrev=44688
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42989
• http://osvdb.org/85883

References

• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7668
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55754
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15593
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44688
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7316
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=42989&r2=42988&pathrev=42989
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027604
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79010
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=44688&r2=44687&pathrev=44688
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42989
• http://osvdb.org/85883

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