CVE-2011-0538

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-0538
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2011-02-08T22:00:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-09-19T01:32:03
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652 Exploit Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167 Exploit
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1 Patch
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43821 Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747 Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
http://secunia.com/advisories/43795 Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900 US Government Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43759 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0538
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0538
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:33:23 Added to TrackCVE