CVE-2011-1140

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple stack consumption vulnerabilities in the dissect_ms_compressed_string and dissect_mscldap_string functions in Wireshark 1.0.x, 1.2.0 through 1.2.14, and 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted (1) SMB or (2) Connection-less LDAP (CLDAP) packet.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 30.77% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086844 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43759 third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html vendor advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/44169 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/43795 third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900 third party advisory us government resource
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=36029 patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14715 vdb entry signature
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719 vdb entry
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html vendor advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622 vdb entry
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044 vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148 vdb entry
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5717 exploit
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43821 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1140?
CVE-2011-1140 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-1140?
To fix CVE-2011-1140, 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-2011-1140 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-1140 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~31% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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