CVE-2009-0601
LOW severity · CVSS 2.1 · CWE-134
2.1CVSS LOW
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690Patch
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34264
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threadedAdvisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370Advisory