Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2011-4101
Published: November 3, 2011 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32847
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4101
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Wireshark.org
Affected software:
Wireshark
Wireshark
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed packet.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-4101
Update to version 1.4.10.
Sources
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=39500
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/9
- http://osvdb.org/76769
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46644
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50481
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-18.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6476
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750645
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71091
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14760