CVE-2012-3548 Information

Description

The dissect_drda function in epan/dissectors/packet-drda.c in Wireshark 1.6.x through 1.6.10 and 1.8.x through 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a small value for a certain length field in a capture file.

Reference

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/4 http://secunia.com/advisories/54425 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027464 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7666 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849926 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A15646