CVE-2012-4048

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

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
wireshark (PTS)	bullseye	3.4.10-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	3.4.16-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	4.0.17-0+deb12u1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	4.0.11-1~deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	4.4.2-1	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

Notes

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