CVE-2012-6058
Publication date 5 December 2012
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Integer overflow in the dissect_icmpv6 function in epan/dissectors/packet-icmpv6.c in the ICMPv6 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Number of Sources value.
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
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7844
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-icmpv6.c?r1=45459&r2=45458&pathrev=45459
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-40.html
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45459
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6058