Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2012-5238 First vendor Publication 2012-10-04
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 3.3 Attack Range Adjacent network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 6.5 Authentication None Required
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Detail

epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 uses incorrect OUI data structures during the decoding of (1) PPP and (2) LCP data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a malformed packet.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5238

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15593
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15593
Title: epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 uses incorrect OUI data structures during the decoding of (1) PPP and (2) LCP data
Description: epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 uses incorrect OUI data structures during the decoding of (1) PPP and (2) LCP data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a malformed packet.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-5238
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 3

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-10-22 Name : FreeBSD Ports: wireshark
File : nvt/freebsd_wireshark9.nasl
2012-10-11 Name : Wireshark LDP PPP and HSRP dissector Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
File : nvt/gb_wireshark_mult_dissector_mult_vuln_macosx.nasl
2012-10-08 Name : Wireshark LDP PPP and HSRP dissector Multiple Vulnerabilities (Windows)
File : nvt/gb_wireshark_mult_dissector_mult_vuln_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_20130129.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-22 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_a77064141be711e29aad902b343deec9.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-10 Name : The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by multiple ...
File : wireshark_1_8_3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=42989
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44688
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=429...
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c?r1=446...
http://osvdb.org/85883
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55754
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027604
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7316
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7668
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79010
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
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