CVE-2012-5237

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2012-10-02
CWE:
CWE-835
Bugzilla:
862504: CVE-2012-5237 wireshark: Infinite loop in the HSRP dissector

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The dissect_hsrp function in epan/dissectors/packet-hsrp.c in the HSRP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet.

Find out more about CVE-2012-5237 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wireshark Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 wireshark Not affected

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