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Wireshark : CVE-2012-0043 : Wireshark RLC dissector buffer overflow

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Wireshark : CVE-2012-0043 : Wireshark RLC dissector buffer overflow

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/11/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/03/2018
Modified
05/03/2018

Description

Buffer overflow in the reassemble_message function in epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in the RLC dissector 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) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a series of fragmented RLC packets.

Solution(s)

  • wireshark-upgrade-1_4_11
  • wireshark-upgrade-1_6_5

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