CVE-2012-4290 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Wireshark via malformed packets, 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-2012-4290?
CVE-2012-4290 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
The CTDB 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 malformed packet.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4290?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Sun Sunos, Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4290?
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-2012-4290 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4290 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4290, GHSA-56pc-864w-r48r.