Resource management error in Wireshark - CVE-2011-0445
Published: January 13, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45460
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-2011-0445
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 ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via crafted packets, as demonstrated by fuzz-2010-12-30-28473.pcap.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-0445
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053650.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053669.html
- http://osvdb.org/70402
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43175
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45775
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0079
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0270
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-02.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5537
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64625
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14505