UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4048

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4048
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4048.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4048
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:47Z
Published
2012-07-24T19:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:31:00.440179Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wireshark@1.10.6-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.10.6-1

Affected versions

1.*

1.10.2-1
1.10.3-1
1.10.5-1ubuntu1
1.10.5-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1",
            "binary_name": "libwireshark-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1",
            "binary_name": "libwireshark-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1",
            "binary_name": "libwireshark3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1",
            "binary_name": "libwiretap-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1",
            "binary_name": "libwiretap3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1",
            "binary_name": "libwsutil-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1",
            "binary_name": "libwsutil3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1",
            "binary_name": "tshark"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1",
            "binary_name": "wireshark"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1",
            "binary_name": "wireshark-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1",
            "binary_name": "wireshark-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1",
            "binary_name": "wireshark-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.10.6-1",
            "binary_name": "wireshark-doc"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}