Wireshark up to 1.6.2 dissect_infiniband_common null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 1.6.2. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function dissect_infiniband_common. Performing a manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2011-4101. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Wireshark up to 1.6.2 (Packet Analyzer Software). This affects the function dissect_infiniband_common. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The dissect_infiniband_common function in epan/dissectors/packet-infiniband.c in the Infiniband dissector in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.9 and 1.6.x before 1.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a malformed packet.

The weakness was disclosed 11/03/2011 by Huzaifa Sidhpurwala with Red Hat Security Response Team as Bug 750645 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-4101. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56689 (Wireshark 1.4.x < 1.4.10 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 120893 (Solaris 11 Support Repository Update (SRU) 2/2a Missing).

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 (71091), Tenable (56689), SecurityFocus (BID 50481†), OSVDB (76769†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33749†). The entries VDB-4442, VDB-4456, VDB-59432 and VDB-59431 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 56689
Nessus Name: Wireshark 1.4.x < 1.4.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 802767
OpenVAS Name: Wireshark Heap Based BOF and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
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Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: Bug 750645
Researcher: Huzaifa Sidhpurwala
Organization: Red Hat Security Response Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-4101 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-4101
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59367

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X-Force: 71091
SecurityFocus: 50481 - Wireshark Infiniband Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 46644
OSVDB: 76769
Vulnerability Center: 33749 - Wireshark 1.4.0-1.4.9 and 1.6-1.6.2 Infiniband Dissector Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/25/2021 05:40
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (64), 04/04/2017 15:03 (10), 11/25/2021 05:28 (5), 11/25/2021 05:40 (1)
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