Bug 773729 (CVE-2012-0043) - CVE-2012-0043 wireshark: RLC dissector buffer overflow (wnpa-sec-2012-03)
Summary: CVE-2012-0043 wireshark: RLC dissector buffer overflow (wnpa-sec-2012-03)
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2012-0043
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 781268
Blocks: 773730
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Reported: 2012-01-12 17:51 UTC by Vincent Danen
Modified: 2021-02-24 13:27 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-01-20 06:57:01 UTC
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Description Vincent Danen 2012-01-12 17:51:30 UTC 
The RLC dissector could overflow a buffer.  It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.  This is corrected in upstream 1.4.11 and 1.6.5.

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-03.html
Comment 1 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-01-13 06:17:17 UTC 
The versions of wireshark shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and 6, does not have support for UMTS RLC (Radio Link Control) disassembly. 

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This issue does not affect the version of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and 6.
Comment 2 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-01-13 06:20:39 UTC 
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 781268]
Comment 3 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-01-20 06:57:01 UTC 
This issue affects the version of wireshark shipped with Fedora 15 and Fedora
16 and has been addressed in the following security advisories:

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wireshark-1.4.11-1.fc15
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wireshark-1.6.5-1.fc16
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