CVE-2012-4287 in Wireshark
Summary
epan/dissectors/packet-mongo.c in the MongoDB dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a small value for a BSON document length.
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Reservation
08/14/2012
Disclosure
08/16/2012
Status
Confirmed
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VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:
| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5994 | Wireshark MongoDB Dissector packet-mongo.c resource management | 399 | Not defined | Official fix | CVE-2012-4287 |