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CVE-2012-5238

This CVE name corresponds to:

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

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CVE-2012-5238 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2012-5238
Phase	Assigned(20121002)

Description

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.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=42989&r2=42988&pathrev=42989
CONFIRM	http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=44688&r2=44687&pathrev=44688
CONFIRM	http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42989
CONFIRM	http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44688
CONFIRM	http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27.html
CONFIRM	https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7316
CONFIRM	https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7668
BID	55754
OSVDB	85883
OVAL	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15593
SECTRACK	1027604
XF	wireshark-ppp-dissector-dos(79010)