| Name | CVE-2012-4048 |
| Description | The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2590-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 680056 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark (PTS) | buster | 2.6.20-0+deb10u4 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.6.20-0+deb10u8 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.4.10-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 4.0.11-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 4.2.2-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 4.2.2-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | source | squeeze | 1.2.11-6+squeeze8 | DSA-2590-1 | ||
| wireshark | source | (unstable) | 1.8.2-1 | 680056 |
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-11.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/24/1
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/24/2