CVE-2011-1957

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2011-05-31
CWE:
CWE-835
Bugzilla:
710021: CVE-2011-1957 wireshark: Infinite loop in the DICOM dissector

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The dissect_dcm_main function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c in the DICOM dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an invalid PDU length.

Find out more about CVE-2011-1957 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue does not affect the version of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5.

CVSS v2 metrics

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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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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