CVE-2012-4290

Wireshark 1.4.x < 1.4.15, 1.6.x < 1.6.10, 1.8.x < 1.8.2 - Denial of Service via CTDB Dissector

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The CTDB dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed packet.

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15619
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-23.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50276
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562

Scores

EPSS 0.0098
EPSS Percentile 77.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (31)
opensuse/opensuse 11.4
opensuse/opensuse 12.1
redhat/enterprise_linux 5
sun/sunos 5.11
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.0
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.1
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.2
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.3
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.4
wireshark/wireshark 1.4.5
... and 21 more
Published Aug 16, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026