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CVE-2012-4285

The dissect_pft function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcp-etsi.c in the DCP ETSI dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a zero-length message.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-4285 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from opensuse, from redhat, from sun and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2012-08-16T10:38:08.313

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 3.3 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

6.5

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-189

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	11.4	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.1	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	5	Yes
Operating System	sun	sunos	5.11	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.8.0	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.8.1	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.6.0	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.6.1	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.6.2	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.6.3	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.6.4	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.6.5	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.6.6	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.6.7	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.6.8	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.6.9	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.0	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.1	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.2	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.3	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.4	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.5	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.6	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.7	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.8	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.9	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.10	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.11	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.12	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.13	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.14	Yes

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-dcp-etsi.c?r1=44247&r2=44246&pathrev=44247 Patch ([email protected])
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44247 Patch ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/50276 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/51363 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035 ([email protected])
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-13.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3 ([email protected])
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7566 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15712 ([email protected])
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-dcp-etsi.c?r1=44247&r2=44246&pathrev=44247 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44247 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50276 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51363 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-13.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7566 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15712 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For opensuse's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.