CVE-2009-0601

Wireshark 0.99.8-1.0.5 - Denial of Service via HOME Environment Variable Format String

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Format string vulnerability in Wireshark 0.99.8 through 1.0.5 on non-Windows platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in the HOME environment variable.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3150
Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34264

Scores

EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 12.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-134
Status published
Products (7)
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.8
wireshark/wireshark 1.0.0
wireshark/wireshark 1.0.1
wireshark/wireshark 1.0.2
wireshark/wireshark 1.0.3
wireshark/wireshark 1.0.4
wireshark/wireshark 1.0.5
Published Feb 16, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026