National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-1138

Overview

Off-by-one error in the dissect_6lowpan_iphc function in packet-6lowpan.c in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed 6LoWPAN IPv6 packet.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#215900

Name: VU#215900

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5722

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5722

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=36036

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=36036

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2011:0347

Hyperlink:https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086844

External Source: XF

Name: wireshark6lowpan-bo(65783)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/65783

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0626

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025148

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148

External Source: BID

Name: 46636

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46636

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 44169

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/44169

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43759

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43759

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-2620

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-2632

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-2648

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html