UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6057

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6057

    Published: 5 Dec 2012Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-6057

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6057, 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://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-34.html, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45408, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6057

    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