CVE-2011-0444

Description

Buffer overflow in the MAC-LTE dissector (epan/dissectors/packet-mac-lte.c) in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.13 and 1.4.0 through 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of RARs.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.10% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/43175 third party advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=5676 patch
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5530 patch
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-01.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:007 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0270 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45775 vdb entry
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-02.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64624 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719 vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053650.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0079 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053669.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0104 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14283 vdb entry signature
http://osvdb.org/70403 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-0444?
CVE-2011-0444 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-0444?
To fix CVE-2011-0444, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-0444 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-0444 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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