Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2011-3360
Published: September 20, 2011 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33962
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3360
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Wireshark.org
Affected software:
Wireshark
Wireshark
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.9 and 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Lua script in an unspecified directory. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path'
How to mitigate CVE-2011-3360
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://osvdb.org/75347
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2324
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-15.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6136
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737784
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15059