CVE-2012-0041 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark by tricking users into opening a malicious capture file, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-0041?
CVE-2012-0041 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 11 Apr 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The dissect_packet function in epan/packet.c 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) via a long packet in a capture file, as demonstrated by an airopeek file.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0041?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux, Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2012-0041?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-0041 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0041 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0041, GHSA-6j5c-vcm6-qh7m.