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CVE-2012-4298

Integer signedness error in the vwr_read_rec_data_ethernet function in wiretap/vwr.c in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet-trace file that triggers a buffer overflow.

Published

2012-08-16T10:38:09.140

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.4 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

5.5

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-189

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	sun	sunos	5.11	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.8.0	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.8.1	Yes

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/vwr.c?r1=44075&r2=44074&pathrev=44075 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=44075&view=revision ([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-2012-25.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=7533 ([email protected])
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15777 ([email protected])
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/vwr.c?r1=44075&r2=44074&pathrev=44075 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=44075&view=revision (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-2012-25.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=7533 (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%3A15777 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)