CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-6054
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-12-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-189
Description
The dissect_sflow_245_address_type function in epan/dissectors/packet-sflow.c in the sFlow dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 does not properly handle length calculations for an invalid IP address type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a packet that is neither IPv4 nor IPv6.
Affected configurations
• wireshark wireshark 1.8.0
• wireshark wireshark 1.8.1
• wireshark wireshark 1.8.2
• wireshark wireshark 1.8.3
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-sflow.c?r1=45324&r2=45323&pathrev=45324 Patch
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45324 anonsvn.wireshark.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-32.html Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7789 bugs.wireshark.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15764 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-sflow.c?r1=45324&r2=45323&pathrev=45324 Patch
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45324 anonsvn.wireshark.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-32.html Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7789 bugs.wireshark.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15764 oval.cisecurity.org