CVE-2011-1590

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Wireshark

First reported 13 years ago

2011-04-29 22:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-19 01:32:00

Affected Software

Wireshark 1.2.0

1.2.0

Wireshark 1.2.1

1.2.1

Wireshark 1.2.2

1.2.2

Wireshark 1.2.3

1.2.3

Wireshark 1.2.4

1.2.4

Wireshark 1.2.5

1.2.5

Wireshark 1.2.6

1.2.6

Wireshark 1.2.7

1.2.7

Wireshark 1.2.8

1.2.8

Wireshark 1.2.9

1.2.9

Wireshark 1.2.10

1.2.10

Wireshark 1.2.11

1.2.11

Wireshark 1.2.12

1.2.12

Wireshark 1.2.13

1.2.13

Wireshark 1.2.14

1.2.14

Wireshark 1.2.15

1.2.15

Wireshark 1.4.0

1.4.0

Wireshark 1.4.1

1.4.1

Wireshark 1.4.2

1.4.2

Wireshark 1.4.3

1.4.3

Wireshark 1.4.4

1.4.4

References

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

Patch

FEDORA-2011-5621

FEDORA-2011-5569

FEDORA-2011-5529

44374

44822

45149

48947

1025388

DSA-2274

MDVSA-2011:083

71846

ADV-2011-1022

Vendor Advisory

ADV-2011-1106

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

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

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

Exploit, Patch

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

SUSE-SU-2011:0611

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15050

Stay updated

ExploitPedia is constantly evolving. Sign up to receive a notification when we release additional functionality.

Get in touch

If you'd like to report a bug or have any suggestions for improvements then please do get in touch with us using this form. We will get back to you as soon as we can.