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    CVE-2011-1590

    The X.509if dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.16 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 does not properly initialize certain global variables, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .pcap file.

    Published:Apr 15, 2011
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Apr 29, 2011
    EPSS Score:0.02472
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Wireshark
    Product
    Wireshark

    Exploits

    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5754http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5754

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

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    References

    http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revision
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8
    http://secunia.com/advisories/44172
    http://secunia.com/advisories/44374
    http://secunia.com/advisories/44822
    http://secunia.com/advisories/45149
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:083
    http://www.osvdb.org/71846
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1106
    http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-05.html
    http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html
    https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5754
    https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5793
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8701428
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15050
    http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revision
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8
    http://secunia.com/advisories/44172
    http://secunia.com/advisories/44374
    http://secunia.com/advisories/44822
    http://secunia.com/advisories/45149
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388
    http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:083
    http://www.osvdb.org/71846
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1106
    http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-05.html
    http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html
    https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5754
    https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5793
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8701428
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15050

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High