National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-1139

Overview

wiretap/pcapng.c in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.14 and 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a pcap-ng file that contains a large packet-length field.

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: 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://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=35855

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=35855

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2011:0347

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

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5661

Hyperlink:https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5661

External Source: XF

Name: wireshark-pcapng-dos(65779)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/65779

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: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0747

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0719

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0626

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

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0622

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025148

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

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2011:0370

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2011:0369

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:044

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2201

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 44169

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43821

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43821

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43795

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43795

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43759

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

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14997

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14997

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