Wireshark up to 1.4.3 resource management

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A vulnerability has been found in Wireshark (Packet Analyzer Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

wiretap/pcapng.c in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.14 and 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a pcap-ng file that contains a large packet-length field.

The weakness was published 03/02/2011 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-1139 since 03/02/2011. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 52757 (CentOS 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2011:0370)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. 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 (65779) and Tenable (52757). Similar entries are available at 55537, 56948, 56699 and 56698.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 52757
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2011:0370)
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OpenVAS ID: 69337
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2201-1 (wireshark)
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Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: RHSA-2011:0370
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-1139 (🔍)
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X-Force: 65779
SecurityTracker: 1025148 - Wireshark pcap-ng, Nokia DCT3, LDAP, and SMB Processing Flaws Let Remote Users Deny Service and Potentially Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 30153 - Wireshark 1.2-1.2.14 and 1.4-1.4.3 Remote DoS Vulnerability via a pcap-ng File, Medium
SecurityFocus: 43197
Secunia: 43759

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Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 10/18/2021 15:35
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (58), 03/17/2017 07:39 (12), 10/18/2021 15:23 (5), 10/18/2021 15:30 (1), 10/18/2021 15:35 (3)
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