National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-4297
Original release date:08/16/2012
Last revised:09/07/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in the dissect_gsm_rlcmac_downlink function in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.c in the GSM RLC MAC dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.10 and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed packet.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
6.5
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Local network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44307
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.h?r1=44307&r2=44306&pathrev=44307
Type: Patch Information
External Source: SUSE
Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:1067
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7561
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-19.html
Type: Advisory
