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A vulnerability has been found in Wireshark up to 1.8.3 (Packet Analyzer Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function dissect_iscsi_pdu. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-189. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in the dissect_iscsi_pdu function in epan/dissectors/packet-iscsi.c in the iSCSI dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.12 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet.

The weakness was disclosed 12/05/2012 with Wireshark as Bug 7858 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugs.wireshark.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-6060 since 11/29/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 71268 (Amazon Linux AMI : wireshark (ALAS-2013-251)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350493 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for wireshark: ALAS-2013-251).

Upgrading to version 1.6.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (71268). The entries 5444, 5991, 5992 and 5993 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

• Packet Analyzer Software

Name

• Wireshark

Version

• 1.6.0
• 1.6.1
• 1.6.2
• 1.6.3
• 1.6.4
• 1.6.5
• 1.6.6
• 1.6.7
• 1.6.8
• 1.6.9
• 1.6.10
• 1.6.11
• 1.8.0
• 1.8.1
• 1.8.2
• 1.8.3

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 71268
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : wireshark (ALAS-2013-251)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 871070
OpenVAS Name: RedHat Update for wireshark RHSA-2013:1569-02
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Wireshark 1.6.6

Timelineinfo

11/28/2012 🔍
11/28/2012 +0 days 🔍
11/29/2012 +1 days 🔍
12/05/2012 +6 days 🔍
12/05/2012 +0 days 🔍
12/06/2012 +1 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +838 days 🔍
12/20/2021 +2463 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: Bug 7858
Organization: Wireshark
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2012-6060 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

Vulnerability Center: 37541 - Wireshark Remote Denial of Service - CVE-2012-6060, Medium
SecurityFocus: 56729 - Wireshark Information Disclosure and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/20/2021 17:45
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (69), 04/22/2017 12:51 (5), 12/20/2021 17:45 (3)
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