CVE-2011-1957

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

The dissect_dcm_main function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c in the DICOM dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an invalid PDU length.

The dissect_dcm_main function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c in the DICOM dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an invalid PDU length.

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

2011-06-06 19:55:00

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 1.2.16

1.2.16

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

Wireshark 1.4.5

1.4.5

Wireshark 1.4.6

1.4.6

References

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=36958

Patch

FEDORA-2011-7821

FEDORA-2011-7846

FEDORA-2011-7858

[oss-security] 20110531 CVE request for Wireshark 1.4.6/1.2.16 Multiple DoS issues

[oss-security] 20110601 Re: CVE request for Wireshark 1.4.6/1.2.16 Multiple DoS issues

[oss-security] 20110601 Re: CVE request for Wireshark 1.4.6/1.2.16 Multiple DoS issues

44449

44958

45149

48947

DSA-2274

48066

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-07.html

Vendor Advisory

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-08.html

Vendor Advisory

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5876

Exploit

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=710021

Exploit, Patch

wireshark-dicom-dos(67790)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14325

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