The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade wireshark | Aug 30, 2017 | Jul 24, 2012 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | Jul 30, 2024 | Jul 24, 2012 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade tshark-liteUpgrade wiresharkUpgrade wireshark-liteUpgrade tshark | Dec 10, 2025 | Aug 18, 2012 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-analyzer/wireshark. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jul 24, 2012 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark to version 1.4.14-0.175.0.11.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.0Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/tshark to version 1.4.14-0.175.0.11.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.0Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/wireshark-common to version 1.4.14-0.175.0.11.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.0 | May 29, 2017 | Jul 24, 2012 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libwsutil16Upgrade libwiretap6Upgrade libwsutil7Upgrade libwiretap7Upgrade libwireshark19Upgrade wireshark-gtkUpgrade libwsutil17Upgrade wireshark-ui-qtUpgrade libwiretap16Upgrade wiresharkUpgrade libwsutil8Upgrade libwscodecs1Upgrade libwireshark9Upgrade libwireshark8Upgrade libwiretap15Upgrade libwireshark18Upgrade wireshark-devel | Dec 12, 2013 | Jun 28, 2013 |
| Wireshark | — | Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.8.1Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.4.14Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.6.9 | Oct 4, 2017 | Jul 24, 2012 |
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