CVE-2012-5238

Name	CVE-2012-5238
Description	epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 uses incorrect OUI data structures during the decoding of (1) PPP and (2) LCP data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a malformed packet.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	689972

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	(not affected)
wireshark	source	(unstable)	1.8.2-2			689972

[squeeze] - wireshark <not-affected> (Only affects 1.8.x)