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CVE-2011-2597

Published: Jul 07, 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
4.3 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2597
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

The Lucent/Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.18, 1.4.x through 1.4.7, and 1.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed packets.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
WiresharkWireshark1.2 (including)1.2 (including)
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)
WiresharkWireshark1.2.16 (including)1.2.16 (including)
WiresharkWireshark1.2.17 (including)1.2.17 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatwireshark-0:1.2.15-2.el6_2.1*
WiresharkUbuntuhardy*
WiresharkUbuntulucid*
WiresharkUbuntumaverick*
WiresharkUbuntunatty*
WiresharkUbuntuupstream*

References

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