Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-1596 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Wireshark
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The mp2t_process_fragmented_payload function in epan/dissectors/packet-mp2t.c in the MP2T dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a packet containing an invalid pointer value that triggers an incorrect memory-allocation attempt.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2012-042.NASL description Multiple vulnerabilities was found and corrected in Wireshark : - The ANSI A dissector could dereference a NULL pointer and crash. - The IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. - The pcap and pcap-ng file parsers could crash trying to read ERF data. - The MP2T dissector could try to allocate too much memory and crash. This advisory provides the latest version of Wireshark (1.6.6) which is not vulnerable to these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 61947 published 2012-09-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61947 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2012:042) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2012:042. # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(61947); script_version("1.10"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:54"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2012-1593", "CVE-2012-1594", "CVE-2012-1595", "CVE-2012-1596" ); script_bugtraq_id( 52735, 52736, 52737, 52738 ); script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2012:042"); script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2012:042)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Multiple vulnerabilities was found and corrected in Wireshark : - The ANSI A dissector could dereference a NULL pointer and crash. - The IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. - The pcap and pcap-ng file parsers could crash trying to read ERF data. - The MP2T dissector could try to allocate too much memory and crash. This advisory provides the latest version of Wireshark (1.6.6) which is not vulnerable to these issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-05.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-06.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-07.html" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dumpcap"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64wireshark-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64wireshark1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libwireshark-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libwireshark1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rawshark"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:tshark"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:wireshark"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:wireshark-tools"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2011"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/03/27"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/03/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/09/06"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"dumpcap-1.6.6-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64wireshark-devel-1.6.6-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64wireshark1-1.6.6-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"i386", reference:"libwireshark-devel-1.6.6-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"i386", reference:"libwireshark1-1.6.6-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"rawshark-1.6.6-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"tshark-1.6.6-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"wireshark-1.6.6-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"wireshark-tools-1.6.6-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Windows NASL id WIRESHARK_1_4_12.NASL description The installed version of Wireshark is 1.4.x before 1.4.12. This version is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An error exists in the pcap and pcap-ng parsers that can allow them to crash when reading last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 58517 published 2012-03-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58517 title Wireshark 1.4.x < 1.4.12 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(58517); script_version("1.11"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:29"); script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1593", "CVE-2012-1594", "CVE-2012-1595", "CVE-2012-1596"); script_bugtraq_id(52735, 52736, 52737, 52738); script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"18758"); script_name(english:"Wireshark 1.4.x < 1.4.12 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Does a version check"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The installed version of Wireshark is 1.4.x before 1.4.12. This version is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An error exists in the pcap and pcap-ng parsers that can allow them to crash when reading 'ERF' data. (Issue 6804) - An error exists in the 'ANSI A' dissector that can allow it to crash after dereferencing a NULL pointer. (Issue 6823) - An error exists in the 'MP2T' dissector that can allow it to allocate too much memory thus, resulting in crashes. (Issue 6833)"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04.html"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-06.html"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-07.html"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.12.html"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.4.12 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/03/27"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/03/27"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/03/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Windows"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_dependencies("wireshark_installed.nasl"); script_require_keys("SMB/Wireshark/Installed"); exit(0); } include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); # Check each install. installs = get_kb_list_or_exit("SMB/Wireshark/*"); info = ''; info2 = ''; foreach install(keys(installs)) { if ("/Installed" >< install) continue; version = install - "SMB/Wireshark/"; if (version =~ "^1\.4($|\.([0-9]|1[01]))($|[^0-9])") info += '\n Path : ' + installs[install] + '\n Installed version : ' + version + '\n Fixed version : 1.4.12\n'; else info2 += 'Version ' + version + ', under ' + installs[install] + ' '; } # Remove trailing space on info2 if (strlen(info2) > 1) info2 = substr(info2, 0, strlen(info2) -2); # Report if any were found to be vulnerable. if (info) { if (report_verbosity > 0) { if (max_index(split(info)) > 4) s = "s of Wireshark are"; else s = " of Wireshark is"; report = '\n' + 'The following vulnerable instance' + s + ' installed :\n' + '\n' + info; security_warning(port:get_kb_item("SMB/transport"), extra:report); } else security_warning(get_kb_item("SMB/transport")); exit(0); } if (info2) exit(0, "The following installed instance(s) of Wireshark are not affected : " + info2 + ".");
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2012-5256.NASL description The following vulnerabilities have been fixed. wnpa-sec-2012-04: The ANSI A dissector could dereference a NULL pointer and crash. (Bug 6823) wnpa-sec-2012-06: The pcap and pcap-ng file parsers could crash trying to read ERF data. (Bug 6804) wnpa-sec-2012-07: The MP2T dissector could try to allocate too much memory and crash. (Bug 6833) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2012-04-19 plugin id 58783 published 2012-04-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58783 title Fedora 15 : wireshark-1.4.12-1.fc15 (2012-5256) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2012-5256. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(58783); script_version("1.9"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1593", "CVE-2012-1595", "CVE-2012-1596"); script_bugtraq_id(52736, 52737); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2012-5256"); script_name(english:"Fedora 15 : wireshark-1.4.12-1.fc15 (2012-5256)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The following vulnerabilities have been fixed. wnpa-sec-2012-04: The ANSI A dissector could dereference a NULL pointer and crash. (Bug 6823) wnpa-sec-2012-06: The pcap and pcap-ng file parsers could crash trying to read ERF data. (Bug 6804) wnpa-sec-2012-07: The MP2T dissector could try to allocate too much memory and crash. (Bug 6833) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=807644" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=807661" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a5b1072c" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected wireshark package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wireshark"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/04/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/04/19"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^15([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 15.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC15", reference:"wireshark-1.4.12-1.fc15")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "wireshark"); }
NASL family Solaris Local Security Checks NASL id SOLARIS11_WIRESHARK_20120626.NASL description The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed packet. (CVE-2012-1593) - epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2012-1594) - The pcap_process_pseudo_header function in wiretap/pcap-common.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a WTAP_ENCAP_ERF file containing an Extension or Multi-Channel header with an invalid pseudoheader size, related to the pcap and pcap-ng file parsers. (CVE-2012-1595) - The mp2t_process_fragmented_payload function in epan/dissectors/packet-mp2t.c in the MP2T dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a packet containing an invalid pointer value that triggers an incorrect memory-allocation attempt. (CVE-2012-1596) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 80802 published 2015-01-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80802 title Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : wireshark (multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the Oracle Third Party software advisories. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(80802); script_version("1.2"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:24"); script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1593", "CVE-2012-1594", "CVE-2012-1595", "CVE-2012-1596"); script_name(english:"Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : wireshark (multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark)"); script_summary(english:"Check for the 'entire' version."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed packet. (CVE-2012-1593) - epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2012-1594) - The pcap_process_pseudo_header function in wiretap/pcap-common.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a WTAP_ENCAP_ERF file containing an Extension or Multi-Channel header with an invalid pseudoheader size, related to the pcap and pcap-ng file parsers. (CVE-2012-1595) - The mp2t_process_fragmented_payload function in epan/dissectors/packet-mp2t.c in the MP2T dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a packet containing an invalid pointer value that triggers an incorrect memory-allocation attempt. (CVE-2012-1596)" ); # https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/thirdparty-patch-map-1482893.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4a913f44" ); # https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-wireshark script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6ccbc2d4" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Solaris 11/11 SRU 8.5."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:wireshark"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/06/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/01/19"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Solaris Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Solaris11/release", "Host/Solaris11/pkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("solaris.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/Solaris11/release"); if (isnull(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Solaris11"); pkg_list = solaris_pkg_list_leaves(); if (isnull (pkg_list)) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING, "Solaris pkg-list packages"); if (empty_or_null(egrep(string:pkg_list, pattern:"^wireshark$"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "wireshark"); flag = 0; if (solaris_check_release(release:"0.5.11-0.175.0.8.0.5.0", sru:"SRU 8.5") > 0) flag++; if (flag) { error_extra = 'Affected package : wireshark\n' + solaris_get_report2(); error_extra = ereg_replace(pattern:"version", replace:"OS version", string:error_extra); if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:error_extra); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, "wireshark");
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2012-5243.NASL description The following vulnerabilities have been fixed. wnpa-sec-2012-04: The ANSI A dissector could dereference a NULL pointer and crash. (Bug 6823) wnpa-sec-2012-06: The pcap and pcap-ng file parsers could crash trying to read ERF data. (Bug 6804) wnpa-sec-2012-07: The MP2T dissector could try to allocate too much memory and crash. (Bug 6833) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2012-04-19 plugin id 58782 published 2012-04-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58782 title Fedora 16 : wireshark-1.6.6-1.fc16 (2012-5243) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_WIRESHARK-8085.NASL description This version upgrade of wireshark fixes the following security vulnerabilities : - The ANSI A dissector could dereference a NULL pointer and crash. (CVE-2012-1593) - The pcap and pcap-ng file parsers could crash trying to read ERF data. (CVE-2012-1595) - The MP2T dissector could try to allocate too much memory and crash. (CVE-2012-1596) Additionally, various other non-security bugs have been fixed. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2012-05-01 plugin id 58945 published 2012-05-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58945 title SuSE 10 Security Update : wireshark (ZYPP Patch Number 8085) NASL family Windows NASL id WIRESHARK_1_6_6.NASL description The installed version of Wireshark is 1.6.x before 1.6.6. This version is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An error exists in the pcap and pcap-ng parsers that can allow them to crash when reading last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 58518 published 2012-03-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58518 title Wireshark 1.6.x < 1.6.6 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_WIRESHARK-120417.NASL description This version upgrade of wireshark fixes the following security vulnerabilities : - The ANSI A dissector could dereference a NULL pointer and crash. (CVE-2012-1593) - The pcap and pcap-ng file parsers could crash trying to read ERF data. (CVE-2012-1595) - The MP2T dissector could try to allocate too much memory and crash. (CVE-2012-1596) Additionally, various other non-security bugs have been fixed. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2012-05-01 plugin id 58944 published 2012-05-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58944 title SuSE 11.1 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 6170) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2012-248.NASL description Changes in wireshark : - update to 1.4.12 - fix bnc#754474, bnc#754476, bnc#754477(fixed upstream) - Security fixes : - wnpa-sec-2012-04 The ANSI A dissector could dereference a NULL pointer and crash. (Bug 6823) - wnpa-sec-2012-06 The pcap and pcap-ng file parsers could crash trying to read ERF data. (Bug 6804) - wnpa-sec-2012-07 The MP2T dissector could try to allocate too much memory and crash. (Bug 6804) - The Windows installers now include GnuTLS 1.12.18, which fixes several vulnerabilities. - Bug fixes : - Some PGM options are not parsed correctly. (Bug 5687) - dumpcap crashes when capturing from pipe to a pcap-ng file (e.g., when passing data from CACE Pilot to Wireshark). (Bug 5939) - No error for UDP/IPv6 packet with zero checksum. (Bug 6232) - packetBB dissector bug: More than 1000000 items in the tree -- possible infinite loop. (Bug 6687) - Ethernet traces in K12 text format sometimes give bogus last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2014-06-13 plugin id 74610 published 2014-06-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/74610 title openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2012:0558-1)
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accepted | 2013-08-19T04:01:03.464-04:00 | ||||||||
class | vulnerability | ||||||||
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description | The mp2t_process_fragmented_payload function in epan/dissectors/packet-mp2t.c in the MP2T dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a packet containing an invalid pointer value that triggers an incorrect memory-allocation attempt. | ||||||||
family | windows | ||||||||
id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15194 | ||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||
submitted | 2012-04-12T08:48:06.747-04:00 | ||||||||
title | MP2T dissector vulnerability in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 | ||||||||
version | 7 |
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=41001
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48548
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48986
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52736
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-07.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6833
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74363
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15194