CVE-2011-1956

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html 'CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference'

The bytes_repr_len function in Wireshark 1.4.5 uses an incorrect pointer argument, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via arbitrary TCP traffic.

Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html 'CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference'

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

First reported 13 years ago

2011-06-06 19:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-19 01:32:00

Affected Software

Wireshark 1.4.5

1.4.5

References

[oss-security] 20110531 CVE request for Wireshark 1.4.5 TCP DoS issue

Exploit

[oss-security] 20110601 Re: CVE request for Wireshark 1.4.5 TCP DoS issue

Exploit

44449

http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.6.html

Patch

http://www.wireshark.org/news/20110418.html

Patch

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5837

Exploit

wireshark-desegmenttcp-dos(67789)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14943

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