CVE-2011-1590

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.49% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5793
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:083 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947 third party advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8 mailing list exploit patch
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-05.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5754 patch exploit
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15050 vdb entry signature
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8701428 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44374 third party advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/71846 vdb entry
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revision patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/44822 third party advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/44172 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388 vdb entry
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2 mailing list exploit patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1106 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/45149 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1590?
CVE-2011-1590 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-1590?
To fix CVE-2011-1590, 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-2011-1590 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-1590 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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