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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-0538 Detail

Current Description

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.


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Metrics

 
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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  6.8 MEDIUM
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://secunia.com/advisories/43759 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/43795 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/43821 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900 CVE, Inc., Red Hat US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Patch 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-0538
NVD Published Date:
02/08/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.