National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-1590

Overview

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

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5754

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5754

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110418 Re: Wireshark 1.2.16 / 1.4.5

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110418 Wireshark 1.2.16 / 1.4.5

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revision

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revision

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SU-2011:0611

Hyperlink:https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8701428

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5793

Hyperlink:https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5793

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html

Hyperlink:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-05.html

Hyperlink:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-05.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-1106

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1106

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-1022

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 71846

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/71846

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:083

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:083

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2274

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025388

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48947

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48947

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 45149

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/45149

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 44822

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/44822

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 44374

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/44374

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 44172

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/44172

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15050

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15050

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-5529

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-5569

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-5621

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html