CVE-2012-5238

EPSS 0.9%

epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 uses incorrect OUI data structures during the decoding of (1) PPP and (2) LCP data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a malformed packet.

Affected products

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References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=42989&r2=42988&pathrev=42989 http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=44688&r2=44687&pathrev=44688 http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42989 http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44688 http://osvdb.org/85883 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7316 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7668 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79010 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15593 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55754 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027604 http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27.html