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CVE-2011-0538
Published: Feb 8, 2011
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.14, 1.4.0 through 1.4.3, and 1.5.0 frees an uninitialized pointer during processing of a .pcap file in the pcap-ng format, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed file.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
43759
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
FEDORA-2011-2648
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
FEDORA-2011-2620
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14605
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
ADV-2011-0747
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
ADV-2011-0626
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
43795
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
VU#215900
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT-VN
[oss-security] 20110204 Wireshark: Freeing uninitialized pointer
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2011:0370
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
ADV-2011-0719
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
FEDORA-2011-2632
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
ADV-2011-0622
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
RHSA-2011:0369
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
wireshark-pcap-code-execution(65182)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
MDVSA-2011:044
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
1025148
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232
x_refsource_CONFIRM
46167
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
DSA-2201
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
43821
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
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