CVE-2012-0066

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2012-01-10
Bugzilla:
783360: CVE-2012-0066 Wireshark: Dos via large buffer allocation request

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long packet in a (1) Accellent 5Views (aka .5vw) file, (2) I4B trace file, or (3) NETMON 2 capture file.

Find out more about CVE-2012-0066 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 1.9
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (wireshark) RHSA-2013:0125 2013-01-08
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (wireshark) RHSA-2012:0509 2012-04-23

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 wireshark Will not fix

Last Modified

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