CVE-2012-0043

Impact

Buffer overflow in the reassemble_message function in epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in the RLC dissector in 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) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of fragmented RLC packets.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40266
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47494
• http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026508
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-03.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6391
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15324
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40266
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47494
• http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/11/7
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026508
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-03.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6391
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15324