CVE-2012-4289 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Wireshark via crafted AFP packets with excessive ACL entries, leading to CPU exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-4289?
CVE-2012-4289 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 16 Aug 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4289?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Sun Sunos, Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4289?
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-2012-4289 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4289 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4289, GHSA-mp4g-mxp3-v6g5.