CVE-2012-4048

The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump.

Published Bycve@mitre.org

Published DateJul 24, 2012, 19:55

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-94

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

3.3

Vector String

AV:A/AC:L/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://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=680056
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49971
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2590
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-11.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15547

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-94

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

3.3

Vector String

AV:A/AC:L/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