UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4296

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4296

    Published: 16 Aug 2012Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-4296

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-rtps2.c in the RTPS2 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 (CPU consumption) via a malformed packet.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4296, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7568, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-18.html, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44320, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-rtps2.c?r1=44320&r2=44319&pathrev=44320, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4296

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wireshark

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.10.6-1

    Affected versions

    1.10.2-1
    1.10.3-1
    1.10.5-1ubuntu1
    1.10.5-2

    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