CVE-2009-2560

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    CVE-2009-2560

    Published: 21 Jul 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark 1.2.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a file that records a malformed packet trace and is processed by the (1) Bluetooth L2CAP, (2) RADIUS, or (3) MIOP dissector. NOTE: it was later reported that the RADIUS issue also affects 0.10.13 through 1.0.9.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/35884, http://secunia.com/advisories/37175, http://secunia.com/advisories/37409, http://secunia.com/advisories/37477, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1942, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:194, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1970, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3061, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35748, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/22/2, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36846, http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.0.10.html, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-08.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54019, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10403, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6416

    Affected packages

    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
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