National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-1591

Overview

Stack-based buffer overflow in the DECT dissector in epan/dissectors/packet-dect.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .pcap file.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#243670

Name: VU#243670

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/243670

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5838

Hyperlink:https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5838

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5836

Hyperlink:https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5836

External Source: XF

Name: wireshark-dect-bo(66834)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/66834

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: 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: 71848

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/71848

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:083

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

External Source: EXPLOIT-DB

Name: 17195

Hyperlink:http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17195

External Source: EXPLOIT-DB

Name: 17185

Hyperlink:http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17185

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025389

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1025389

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 44374

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 44172

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

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15000

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15000

External Source: MLIST

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

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

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

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