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Status published
Medium
CVE-2011-1590
The X.509if dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.16 and 1.4.x...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5793
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:083
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-05.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5754
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15050
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8701428
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44374
- http://www.osvdb.org/71846
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revision
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44822
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44172
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1106
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45149
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.2.8, 1.2.9, 1.2.10, 1.2.11, 1.2.12, 1.2.13, 1.2.14, 1.2.15, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 29th, 2011
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.