FKIE_CVE-2012-4289

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-08-16 10:38 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:44
Severity
Summary
epan/dissectors/packet-afp.c in the AFP 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 large number of ACL entries.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-afp.c?r1=44317&r2=44316&pathrev=44317Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44317Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50276
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/51363
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/54425
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-17.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7603Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14963
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-afp.c?r1=44317&r2=44316&pathrev=44317Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44317Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50276
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-17.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7603Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14963
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wireshark wireshark 1.8.0
wireshark wireshark 1.8.1
wireshark wireshark 1.6.0
wireshark wireshark 1.6.1
wireshark wireshark 1.6.2
wireshark wireshark 1.6.3
wireshark wireshark 1.6.4
wireshark wireshark 1.6.5
wireshark wireshark 1.6.6
wireshark wireshark 1.6.7
wireshark wireshark 1.6.8
wireshark wireshark 1.6.9
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
wireshark wireshark 1.4.6
wireshark wireshark 1.4.7
wireshark wireshark 1.4.8
wireshark wireshark 1.4.9
wireshark wireshark 1.4.10
wireshark wireshark 1.4.11
wireshark wireshark 1.4.12
wireshark wireshark 1.4.13
wireshark wireshark 1.4.14
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