CVE-2010-0304

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    CVE-2010-0304

    Published: 3 Feb 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector in Wireshark 0.9.15 through 1.0.10 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed packet, as demonstrated using a stack-based buffer overflow to the dissect_getaddrsbyname_request function.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/38257, http://secunia.com/advisories/38348, http://secunia.com/advisories/38829, http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1983, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:031, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0239, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-02.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37985, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0239, http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk-1.2/epan/dissectors/packet-lwres.c?view=diff&r1=31596&r2=28492&diff_format=h, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036415.html, http://osvdb.org/61987, http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/multi/misc/wireshark_lwres_getaddrbyname, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/29/4, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023516, http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-01.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55951, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8490, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9933

    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