CVE-2012-0067 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Wireshark by sending a specially crafted long packet in an AIX iptrace file, requiring user interaction to open the file.

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-2012-0067?

CVE-2012-0067 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

wiretap/iptrace.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 an AIX iptrace file.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0067?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux, Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2012-0067?

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-2012-0067 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-0067 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0067, GHSA-33pw-6955-4qx6.

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