National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-2597

Overview

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

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: XF

Name: wireshark-lucent-dos(68335)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/68335

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-11.html

Hyperlink:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-11.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-10.html

Hyperlink:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-10.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-09.html

Hyperlink:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-09.html

External Source: BID

Name: 48506

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48506

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:118

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:118

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025738

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1025738

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48947

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 45574

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/45574

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 45086

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/45086

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14794

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14794

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2011:1263

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00022.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SU-2011:1262

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00021.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-9640

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063591.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-9638

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063586.html