National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-4102

Overview

Heap-based buffer overflow in the erf_read_header function in wiretap/erf.c in the ERF file parser in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.9 and 1.6.x before 1.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed file.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750648

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750648

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20111101 Re: CVE request for wireshark flaws

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/9

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=39508

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=39508

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6479

Hyperlink:https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6479

External Source: XF

Name: wireshark-erf-bo(71092)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/71092

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-19.html

Hyperlink:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-19.html

External Source: BID

Name: 50486

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50486

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48947

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 46913

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/46913

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 46644

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/46644

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2013:0125

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15073

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15073

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 76770

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/76770