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CVE-2012-5237

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2012-10-22	Wireshark -- Multiple Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2012-5237 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2012-5237
Phase	Assigned(20121002)

Description

The dissect_hsrp function in epan/dissectors/packet-hsrp.c in the HSRP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-hsrp.c?r1=44454&r2=44453&pathrev=44454
CONFIRM	http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44454
CONFIRM	http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-26.html
CONFIRM	https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7581
BID	55754
OSVDB	85884
OVAL	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14992
SECTRACK	1027604
XF	wireshark-hsrp-dos(79009)