CVE-2009-2561

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2009-07-20
Bugzilla:
513033: CVE-2009-2561 Wireshark: Dos (excessive CPU and memory use) via large amount of tree items in the sFlow dissector

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Unspecified vulnerability in the sFlow dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Find out more about CVE-2009-2561 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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