CVE-2010-3445
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Stack consumption vulnerability in the dissect_ber_unknown function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the BER dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.1 and 1.2.x before 1.2.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a long string in an unknown ASN.1/BER encoded packet, as demonstrated using SNMP.
Find out more about CVE-2010-3445 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update to wireshark in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 may address this flaw.
This issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0924.html.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Adjacent Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (wireshark) | RHSA-2011:0370 | 2011-03-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (wireshark) | RHSA-2011:0370 | 2011-03-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (wireshark) | RHSA-2010:0924 | 2010-11-30 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | wireshark | Will not fix |
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