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CVE-2012-5240

This CVE name corresponds to:

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

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CVE-2012-5240 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2012-5240
Phase	Assigned(20121002)

Description

Buffer overflow in the dissect_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-ldp.c in the LDP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed packet.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ldp.c?r1=44801&r2=44800&pathrev=44801
CONFIRM	http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44801
CONFIRM	http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-29.html
CONFIRM	https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7046
CONFIRM	https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7567
BID	55754
OVAL	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15691
SECTRACK	1027604