CVE-2011-1590
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · CWE-399
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:N/AC:M/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://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revision ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revisionPatch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44172Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44374