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Status published
Medium
CVE-2012-4287
epan/dissectors/packet-mongo.c in the MongoDB dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2...
Vulnerability Description
epan/dissectors/packet-mongo.c in the MongoDB dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a small value for a BSON document length.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55035
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-14.html
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-mongo.c?r1=44288&r2=44287&pathrev=44288
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=44288
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_wireshark3
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51363
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7572
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15818
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50276
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514562
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
sunos, wireshark
Vulnerable Versions:
5.11, 1.8.0, 1.8.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 16th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.