Bug 824413 (CVE-2012-2393)

Summary:	CVE-2012-2393 wireshark: Memory allocation flaw in the DIAMETER dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-09)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	huzaifas, jsafrane, rvokal
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OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	824426
Bug Blocks:	824434

Description Jan Lieskovsky 2012-05-23 12:26:53 UTC

A memory allocation flaw was found in the DIAMETER dissector of Wireshark:
[1] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7138

A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted packet capture file, which once opened in Wireshark could lead to denial of service (wireshark executable crash).

Upstream advisory:
[2] http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-09.html

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-05-23 12:58:33 UTC

Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 824426]

Comment 2 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-05-23 12:59:01 UTC

CVE Request:
[3] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/10

Comment 3 Kurt Seifried 2012-05-23 18:19:46 UTC

Added CVE as per http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/17

Comment 4 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-05-30 05:03:32 UTC

Statement:

Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.