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Wireshark : CVE-2012-4298 : Wireshark Ixia IxVeriWave file parser buffer overflow

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Wireshark : CVE-2012-4298 : Wireshark Ixia IxVeriWave file parser buffer overflow

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/16/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/04/2017
Modified
10/04/2017

Description

Integer signedness error in the vwr_read_rec_data_ethernet function in wiretap/vwr.c in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet-trace file that triggers a buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • wireshark-upgrade-1_8_2

References

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