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CVE-2012-4048

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2012-08-18 Wireshark -- Multiple vulnerabilities

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2012-4048
Phase Assigned(20120724)

Description

The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump.

References

Source Reference
CONFIRM http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=680056
CONFIRM http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-11.html
DEBIAN DSA-2590
GENTOO GLSA-201308-05
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2012:0930
OVAL oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15547
SECUNIA 49971
SECUNIA 54425