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CVE-2009-0601 Detail

Description

Format string vulnerability in Wireshark 0.99.8 through 1.0.5 on non-Windows platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in the HOME environment variable.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Evaluator Impact

Per http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370: "Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Wireshark, which could be exploited by local or remote attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system."

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (02/17/2009)

Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. For further details, see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-0601#c3

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690 Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html Vendor Advisory 
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3150 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0601
NVD Published Date:
02/16/2009
NVD Last Modified:
05/17/2024
Source:
MITRE