VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-1590
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.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.81%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.81%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.81% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revisionPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2Exploit, Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8Exploit, Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44172Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44374
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44822
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45149
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:083
- http://www.osvdb.org/71846
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/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=5754Exploit, Patch
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5793
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8701428
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15050
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revisionPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2Exploit, Patch
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8Exploit, Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44172Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.