CVE-2010-2995

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2010-06-09
Bugzilla:
604308: CVE-2010-2995 wireshark: SigComp UDVM dissector buffer overruns

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine (UDVM) in Wireshark 0.10.8 through 1.0.14 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to sigcomp-udvm.c and an off-by-one error, which triggers a buffer overflow, different vulnerabilities than CVE-2010-2287.

Find out more about CVE-2010-2995 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.4
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (wireshark) RHSA-2010:0625 2010-08-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (wireshark) RHSA-2010:0625 2010-08-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (wireshark) RHSA-2010:0625 2010-08-11

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 wireshark Not affected

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