CVE-2012-2393
LOW severity · CVSS 3.3 · Memory corruption
3.3CVSS LOW
Summary
epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c in the DIAMETER dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 does not properly construct certain array data structures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers incorrect memory allocation.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorAdjacent
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c?r1=42200&r2=42199&pathrev=42200 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c?r1=42200&r2=42199&pathrev=42200Patch
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42200
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49226
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:015
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:042
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:080
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53652
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027094