FKIE_CVE-2012-0043

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-04-11 10:39 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:36
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in the reassemble_message function in epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in the RLC dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of fragmented RLC packets.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40266Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/47494
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/54425
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026508
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-03.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6391Exploit, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15324
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40266Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/47494
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026508
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-03.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6391Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15324
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wireshark wireshark 1.4.0
wireshark wireshark 1.4.1
wireshark wireshark 1.4.2
wireshark wireshark 1.4.3
wireshark wireshark 1.4.4
wireshark wireshark 1.4.5
wireshark wireshark 1.4.6
wireshark wireshark 1.4.7
wireshark wireshark 1.4.8
wireshark wireshark 1.4.9
wireshark wireshark 1.4.10
wireshark wireshark 1.6.0
wireshark wireshark 1.6.1
wireshark wireshark 1.6.2
wireshark wireshark 1.6.3
wireshark wireshark 1.6.4
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