UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6059

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6059

    Published: 5 Dec 2012Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-6059

    Summary:

    Details: The dissect_isakmp function in epan/dissectors/packet-isakmp.c in the ISAKMP dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 uses an incorrect data structure to determine IKEv2 decryption parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6059, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7855, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-isakmp.c?r1=45510&r2=45509&pathrev=45510, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-35.html, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45510, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6059

    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
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