CVE-2012-4048

Description

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.

Category

3.3
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.21%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/49971 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2590 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15547 signature vdb entry
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=680056
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml vendor advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-11.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00000.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-4048?
CVE-2012-4048 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-4048?
To fix CVE-2012-4048, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-4048 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2012-4048 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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