FKIE_CVE-2012-6056

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-12-05 11:57 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:47
Severity
Summary
Integer overflow in the dissect_sack_chunk function in epan/dissectors/packet-sctp.c in the SCTP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Duplicate TSN count.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-sctp.c?r1=45355&r2=45354&pathrev=45355Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45355
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-33.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7802
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16139
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-sctp.c?r1=45355&r2=45354&pathrev=45355Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45355
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0341.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-33.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7802
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16139
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wireshark wireshark 1.8.0
wireshark wireshark 1.8.1
wireshark wireshark 1.8.2
wireshark wireshark 1.8.3
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