CVE-2011-1590

Wireshark 1.2.x-1.2.15 and 1.4.x-1.4.4 - Denial of Service in X.509if Dissector

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (23)

Core 23
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:083
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
Exploit, Patch mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-05.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15050
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8701428
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/44374
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/71846
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/44822
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/44172
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388
Exploit, Patch mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1106
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/45149

Scores

EPSS 0.0247
EPSS Percentile 85.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (21)
wireshark/wireshark 1.2.0
wireshark/wireshark 1.2.1
wireshark/wireshark 1.2.2
wireshark/wireshark 1.2.3
wireshark/wireshark 1.2.4
wireshark/wireshark 1.2.5
wireshark/wireshark 1.2.6
wireshark/wireshark 1.2.7
wireshark/wireshark 1.2.8
wireshark/wireshark 1.2.9
... and 11 more
Published Apr 29, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026