CVE-2011-2597
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · CWE-399
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The Lucent/Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.18, 1.4.x through 1.4.7, and 1.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed packets.
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.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45086Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063586.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063591.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00022.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45574
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025738