NVD

CVE-2011-1590 Detail

Modified

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Description

The X.509if dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.16 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 does not properly initialize certain global variables, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .pcap file.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revision	Patch
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revision	Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2	Exploit Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2	Exploit Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8	Exploit Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8	Exploit Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/44172	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44172	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44374
http://secunia.com/advisories/44374
http://secunia.com/advisories/44822
http://secunia.com/advisories/44822
http://secunia.com/advisories/45149
http://secunia.com/advisories/45149
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:083
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:083
http://www.osvdb.org/71846
http://www.osvdb.org/71846
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1106
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1106
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-05.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-05.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5754	Exploit Patch
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5754	Exploit Patch
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5793
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5793
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8701428
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8701428
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15050
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15050

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	NIST

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Change History

6 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:26:40 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revision
Added	Reference	http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html
Added	Reference	http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html
Added	Reference	http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html
Added	Reference	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2
Added	Reference	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/44172
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/44374
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/44822
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/45149
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
Added	Reference	http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2274
Added	Reference	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:083
Added	Reference	http://www.osvdb.org/71846
Added	Reference	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022
Added	Reference	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1106
Added	Reference	http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-05.html
Added	Reference	http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html
Added	Reference	https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5754
Added	Reference	https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5793
Added	Reference	https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8701428
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15050

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 11:29:55 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	Description	CVE-2011-1590 Wireshark: Use-after-free causes heap-based buffer overflow in X.509if dissector	The X.509if dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.16 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 does not properly initialize certain global variables, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .pcap file.
Removed	CVSS V2	Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Removed	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0509 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1590 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697741 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	CVSS V2 Metadata	Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-1590
NVD Published Date:
04/29/2011
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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CVE-2011-1590 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:26:40 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 10:29:41 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 11:29:55 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/02/2023 12:17:52 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 9/18/2017 9:32:41 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 5/02/2011 11:07:00 AM

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