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CVE-2009-0601

Format string vulnerability in Wireshark 0.99.8 through 1.0.5 on non-Windows platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in the HOME environment variable.

Published

2009-02-16T20:30:03.127

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-134

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.99.8	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.0.0	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.0.1	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.0.2	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.0.3	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.0.4	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.0.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	*	No
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	*	No
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	-	No
Operating System	netbsd	netbsd	*	No
Operating System	sun	solaris	*	No

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34264 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3150 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34264 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3150 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)