CVE-2011-1958
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted Diameter dictionary file.
Find out more about CVE-2011-1958 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| 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-2013:0125 | 2013-01-08 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (wireshark) | RHSA-2012:0509 | 2012-04-23 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | wireshark | Will not fix |
Acknowledgements
This issue was discovered by Huzaifa Sidhpurwala of the Red Hat Security Response Team.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation