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CVE-2011-1590

The X.509if dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.16 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 does not properly initialize certain global variables, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .pcap file.

Published

2011-04-29T22:55:02.547

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

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	1.2.15	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	1.4.4	Yes

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revision Patch ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/44172 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/44374 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/44822 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/45149 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947 ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:083 ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/71846 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1106 ([email protected])
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-05.html ([email protected])
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html ([email protected])
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5754 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5793 ([email protected])
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8701428 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15050 ([email protected])
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revision Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/44172 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/44374 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/44822 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/45149 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:083 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/71846 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1106 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-05.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5754 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5793 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8701428 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15050 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)