CVE-2012-0042

Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 does not properly perform certain string conversions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/to_str.c.

Published Bysecalert@redhat.com

Published DateApr 11, 2012, 10:39

Weakness Type (CWE):NVD-CWE-Other

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

2.9

Vector String

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Base Severity

Version

2.0

Attack Vector (AV)

Attack Complexity (AC)

Privileges Required (PR)

User Interaction (UI)

Scope (S)

Confidentiality (C)

NONE

Integrity (I)

NONE

Availability (A)

PARTIAL

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40194
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/47494
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026507
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-02.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6634
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15368

Weakness Type (CWE):NVD-CWE-Other

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

2.9

Vector String

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Base Severity

Version

2.0

Attack Vector (AV)

Attack Complexity (AC)

Privileges Required (PR)

User Interaction (UI)

Scope (S)

Confidentiality (C)

NONE

Integrity (I)

NONE

Availability (A)

PARTIAL