CVE-2012-1594

N/A Unknown

Published: April 11, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40967

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Exploit

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/48548

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52738

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-05.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6809

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74362

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15244

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=40967