CVE-2012-5240 Information

Description

Buffer overflow in the dissect_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-ldp.c in the LDP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed packet.

Reference

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ldp.c?r1=44801&r2=44800&pathrev=44801 http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44801 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55754 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027604 http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-29.html https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7046 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7567 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A15691