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CVE-2011-3482 Detail

Description

The csnStreamDissector function in epan/dissectors/packet-csn1.c in the CSN.1 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.2 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  09/20/2011

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=38430 Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5 Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-16.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6139 Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737783
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14886

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-3482
NVD Published Date:
09/20/2011
NVD Last Modified:
09/18/2017