CVE-2011-1590

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2011-04-15
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
697741: CVE-2011-1590 Wireshark: Use-after-free causes heap-based buffer overflow in X.509if dissector

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2011-1590 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue does not affect the version of wireshark package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This issue was fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 via RHSA-2012:0509.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector 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 6 (wireshark) RHSA-2012:0509 2012-04-23

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 wireshark Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 wireshark Not affected

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