Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2012-4298 First vendor Publication 2012-08-16
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-09-19

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5.4 Attack Range Adjacent network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 5.5 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4298

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15777
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15777
Title: 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
Description: 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.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-4298
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
 Product(s): Wireshark
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Os 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-08-30 Name : FreeBSD Ports: wireshark
File : nvt/freebsd_wireshark7.nasl
2012-08-21 Name : Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities(01) - August 2012 (Windows)
File : nvt/gb_wireshark_mult_vuln01_aug12_win.nasl

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-01-19 Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.
File : solaris11_wireshark_20121120.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2012-540.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-08-29 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201308-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-18 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-11981.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-20 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_4cdfe875e8d611e1bea0002354ed89bc.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-17 Name : The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by multiple ...
File : wireshark_1_8_2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
CONFIRM http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=44075&view=revision
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/vwr.c?r1=44075&r2=44074...
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-25.html
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wiresh...
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7533
GENTOO http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/50276
http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
SUSE https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562

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