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CVE-2011-1590

Published: Apr 29, 2011 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.8 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1590
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
WiresharkWireshark1.2.0 (including)1.2.0 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.2.1 (including)1.2.1 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.2.2 (including)1.2.2 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.2.3 (including)1.2.3 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.2.4 (including)1.2.4 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.2.5 (including)1.2.5 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.2.6 (including)1.2.6 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.2.7 (including)1.2.7 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.2.8 (including)1.2.8 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.2.9 (including)1.2.9 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.2.10 (including)1.2.10 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.2.11 (including)1.2.11 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.2.12 (including)1.2.12 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.2.13 (including)1.2.13 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.2.14 (including)1.2.14 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.2.15 (including)1.2.15 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.4.0 (including)1.4.0 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.4.1 (including)1.4.1 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.4.2 (including)1.4.2 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.4.3 (including)1.4.3 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.4.4 (including)1.4.4 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatwireshark-0:1.2.15-2.el6_2.1*
WiresharkUbuntuhardy*
WiresharkUbuntulucid*
WiresharkUbuntumaverick*
WiresharkUbuntuupstream*

References

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