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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Wireshark (Packet Analyzer Software). Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.14, 1.4.0 through 1.4.3, and 1.5.0 frees an uninitialized pointer during processing of a .pcap file in the pcap-ng format, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed file.
The weakness was published 02/08/2011 by Huzaifa Sidhpurwala with Red Hat Security Response Team as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-0538. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed in pcap File. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 52502 (Wireshark < 1.2.15 / 1.4.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155472 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Wireshark (ELSA-2011-0369)).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (65182) and Tenable (52502). Similar entries are available at 55537, 56699, 56697 and 56696.
Product
Type
Name
Version
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
- 1.2.6
- 1.2.7
- 1.2.8
- 1.2.9
- 1.2.10
- 1.2.11
- 1.2.12
- 1.2.13
- 1.2.14
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.5.0
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 52502
Nessus Name: Wireshark < 1.2.15 / 1.4.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 69337
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2201-1 (wireshark)
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Timeline
01/20/2011 🔍02/03/2011 🔍
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02/08/2011 🔍
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02/21/2011 🔍
03/02/2011 🔍
03/20/2015 🔍
10/13/2021 🔍
Sources
Product: wireshark.orgAdvisory: dsa-2201
Researcher: Huzaifa Sidhpurwala
Organization: Red Hat Security Response Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-0538 (🔍)
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X-Force: 65182
Vulnerability Center: 29880 - Wireshark 1.5.0, 1.4.3, 1.2.14 and Earlier Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability via a Malformed File, Medium
SecurityFocus: 46167 - Wireshark '.pcap' File Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 42767
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/20/2015 16:16Updated: 10/13/2021 22:42
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (62), 03/16/2017 15:30 (13), 10/13/2021 22:22 (6), 10/13/2021 22:34 (1), 10/13/2021 22:42 (2)
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