CVE-2012-6057
Publication date 5 December 2012
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
The dissect_eigrp_metric_comm function in epan/dissectors/packet-eigrp.c in the EIGRP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 uses the wrong data type for a certain offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) via a malformed packet.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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wireshark | ||
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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References
Other references
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-eigrp.c?r1=45408&r2=45407&pathrev=45408
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7800
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-34.html
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45408
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6057