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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Wireshark. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2011-1140. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark (Packet Analyzer Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple stack consumption vulnerabilities in the dissect_ms_compressed_string and dissect_mscldap_string functions in Wireshark 1.0.x, 1.2.0 through 1.2.14, and 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted (1) SMB or (2) Connection-less LDAP (CLDAP) packet.

The weakness was released 03/02/2011 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-1140 since 03/02/2011. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as highly functional. 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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11848.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (52757), Secunia (SA43821†), SecurityTracker (ID 1025148†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-30152†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-55537, VDB-56948, VDB-56699 and VDB-56698. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Packet Analyzer Software

Name

• Wireshark

Version

• 1.0
• 1.0.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8
• 1.0.9
• 1.0.10
• 1.0.11
• 1.0.12
• 1.0.13
• 1.0.14
• 1.0.15
• 1.0.16
• 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

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.wireshark.org/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Highly functional

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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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MetaSploit ID: cldap.rb
MetaSploit Name: Wireshark CLDAP Dissector DOS
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/02/2011 🔍
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03/03/2011 +1 days 🔍
03/06/2011 +3 days 🔍
03/22/2011 +16 days 🔍
03/20/2015 +1459 days 🔍
04/23/2025 +3687 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: RHSA-2011:0370
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-1140 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-1140
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56696

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CERT: 🔍
SecurityFocus: 43197
Secunia: 43821 - Red Hat update for wireshark, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1025148 - Wireshark pcap-ng, Nokia DCT3, LDAP, and SMB Processing Flaws Let Remote Users Deny Service and Potentially Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 30152 - Wireshark 1.0, 1.2-1.2.14 and 1.4-1.4.3 Remote DoS Vulnerability due to Stack Consumption, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2011-0719

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 04/23/2025 15:26
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (65), 03/17/2017 07:38 (15), 10/18/2021 15:40 (3), 10/18/2021 15:46 (1), 10/18/2021 15:52 (3), 12/08/2024 20:21 (15), 04/23/2025 15:26 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:D0A:103

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