CVE-2011-0538 (GCVE-0-2011-0538)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-02-08 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 21:58
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/43759 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605 vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/43795 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html 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
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/43821 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
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