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CVE-2011-1590 Detail

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.


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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-1590
NVD Published Date:
04/29/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.