CVE-2012-6057

Wireshark - Denial of Service via EIGRP Dissector Integer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

The dissect_eigrp_metric_comm function in epan/dissectors/packet-eigrp.c in the EIGRP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 uses the wrong data type for a certain offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) via a malformed packet.

References (7)

Core 7

Core References

Patch x_refsource_confirm

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-eigrp.c?r1=45408&r2=45407&pathrev=45408

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-34.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45408

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7800

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15883

Scores

EPSS 0.0070

EPSS Percentile 72.2%

Details

CWE

CWE-189

Status published

Products (4)

wireshark/wireshark 1.8.0

wireshark/wireshark 1.8.1

wireshark/wireshark 1.8.2

wireshark/wireshark 1.8.3

Published Dec 05, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026