CVE-2012-6057

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    CVE-2012-6057

    Published: 5 Dec 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The dissect_eigrp_metric_comm function in epan/dissectors/packet-eigrp.c in the EIGRP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 uses the wrong data type for a certain offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) via a malformed packet.

    References: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-34.html, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-eigrp.c?r1=45408&r2=45407&pathrev=45408, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7800, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45408, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15883

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High