CVE-2012-6056

wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in the SCTP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-33)

Published Dec 5, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
Integer overflow in the dissect_sack_chunk function in epan/dissectors/packet-sctp.c in the SCTP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Duplicate TSN count.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-497-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-5930 Integer overflow in the dissect_sack_chunk function in epan/dissectors/packet-sctp.c in the SCTP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Duplicate TSN count.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 9:21 PM
Reserved
Nov 29, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 5, 2012, 11:57 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:47 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Nov 28, 2012, 12:00 AM