Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2011-1956 First vendor Publication 2011-06-06
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-09-19

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The bytes_repr_len function in Wireshark 1.4.5 uses an incorrect pointer argument, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via arbitrary TCP traffic.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1956

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14943
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14943
Title: Vulnerability in bytes_repr_len function in Wireshark 1.4.5
Description: The bytes_repr_len function in Wireshark 1.4.5 uses an incorrect pointer argument, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via arbitrary TCP traffic.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2011-1956
 Version: 6
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
 Product(s): Wireshark
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-02-12 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201110-02 (wireshark)
File : nvt/glsa_201110_02.nasl
2011-06-13 Name : Wireshark 'bytes_repr_len' Denial of Service Vulnerability (Mac OS X)
File : nvt/gb_wireshark_bytes_repr_len_dos_vuln_macosx.nasl
2011-06-13 Name : Wireshark 'bytes_repr_len' Function Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
File : nvt/gb_wireshark_bytes_repr_len_dos_vuln_win.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
72974 Wireshark bytes_repr_len Function NULL Dereference Remote DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2011-10-10 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201110-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-06-23 Name : The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by a denial ...
File : wireshark_1_4_6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-06-02 Name : The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by multiple ...
File : wireshark_1_4_7.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CONFIRM http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.6.html
http://www.wireshark.org/news/20110418.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5837
MLIST http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/19
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/01/9
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/44449
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67789

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