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CVE-2012-6054

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Date: December 5, 2012

The dissect_sflow_245_address_type function in epan/dissectors/packet-sflow.c in the sFlow dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 does not properly handle length calculations for an invalid IP address type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a packet that is neither IPv4 nor IPv6.

Language: C

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Related Resources (11)

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-sflow.c?r1=45324&r2=45323&pathrev=45324
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6054
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15764
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00022.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00042.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-32.html
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=45324
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6054
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7789
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-6054
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-6054

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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