CVE-2012-4290 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the CTDB dissector of Wireshark versions 1.4.x, 1.6.x, and 1.8.x, affecting products like openSUSE, Red Hat, and Sun. This flaw allows remote attackers on the same network to trigger an infinite loop and high CPU consumption by sending a malformed packet. While the CVSS score is low (3.3) with a potential impact of partial availability loss, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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