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CVE-2011-0538

Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.14, 1.4.0 through 1.4.3, and 1.5.0 frees an uninitialized pointer during processing of a .pcap file in the pcap-ng format, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed file.

Published

2011-02-08T22:00:01.680

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.2.0	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.2.1	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.2.2	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.2.3	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.2.4	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.2.5	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.2.6	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.2.7	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.2.8	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.2.9	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.2.10	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.2.11	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.2.12	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.2.13	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.2.14	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.0	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.1	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.2	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.4.3	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.5.0	Yes

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1 Patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43759 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43795 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43821 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201 ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html ([email protected])
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html ([email protected])
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html ([email protected])
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html ([email protected])
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605 ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43759 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43795 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43821 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)