CVE-2011-0538

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/43759
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43795
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43821

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/43759
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43795
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43821

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