Integer Overflow and Infinite Loop Vulnerability in Wireshark EIGRP Dissector

Integer Overflow and Infinite Loop Vulnerability in Wireshark EIGRP Dissector

CVE-2012-6057 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The dissect_eigrp_metric_comm function in epan/dissectors/packet-eigrp.c in the EIGRP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.4 uses the wrong data type for a certain offset value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) via a malformed packet.

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