PRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2011-0538Memory corruption
7.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.051 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.7%
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
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1
secunia.com/advisories/43759
secunia.com/advisories/43795
secunia.com/advisories/43821
www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167
www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747
bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605
www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html
www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html
Related
7.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.051 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.7%