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CVE-2012-6057
Published: Dec 5, 2012
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The dissect_eigrp_metric_comm function in epan/dissectors/packet-eigrp.c in the EIGRP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 uses the wrong data type for a certain offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) via a malformed packet.
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-34.html
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openSUSE-SU-2012:1633
vendor-advisory
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http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45408
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openSUSE-SU-2013:0151
vendor-advisory
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https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7800
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oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15883
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