Resource management error in Wireshark - CVE-2011-4100
Published: November 3, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44550
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-2011-4100
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Wireshark.org
Affected software:
Wireshark
Wireshark
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The csnStreamDissector function in epan/dissectors/packet-csn1.c in the CSN.1 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.3 does not initialize a certain variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-4100
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=39140
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/9
- http://osvdb.org/76768
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46644
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50479
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-17.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6351
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750643
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71090
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14833