Resource management error in Wireshark - CVE-2011-1139

 

Resource management error in Wireshark - CVE-2011-1139

Published: March 3, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU45255
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-2011-1139
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Wireshark.org
Affected software:
Wireshark

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

wiretap/pcapng.c in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.14 and 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a pcap-ng file that contains a large packet-length field.


How to mitigate CVE-2011-1139

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources