Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2011-0538 First vendor Publication 2011-02-08
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:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0538

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14605
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14605
Title: Vulnerability in pcap-ng processing in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.14, 1.4.0 through 1.4.3, and 1.5.0
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.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2011-0538
 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 20

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2011:0370 centos5 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_0370_wireshark_centos5_x86_64.nasl
2012-06-06 Name : RedHat Update for wireshark RHSA-2011:0369-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_0369-01_wireshark.nasl
2012-04-25 Name : Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability (Mac OS X)
File : nvt/secpod_wireshark_dos_vuln_macosx.nasl
2012-02-12 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201110-02 (wireshark)
File : nvt/glsa_201110_02.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2011:0370 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_0370_wireshark_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-05-12 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2201-1 (wireshark)
File : nvt/deb_2201_1.nasl
2011-03-25 Name : CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2011:0370 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2011_0370_wireshark_centos4_i386.nasl
2011-03-24 Name : RedHat Update for wireshark RHSA-2011:0370-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_0370-01_wireshark.nasl
2011-03-15 Name : Fedora Update for wireshark FEDORA-2011-2620
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_2620_wireshark_fc13.nasl
2011-03-15 Name : Fedora Update for wireshark FEDORA-2011-2632
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2011_2632_wireshark_fc14.nasl
2011-03-15 Name : Mandriva Update for wireshark MDVSA-2011:044 (wireshark)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2011_044.nasl
2011-02-15 Name : Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability (Linux)
File : nvt/gb_wireshark_dos_vuln_lin.nasl
2011-02-15 Name : Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
File : nvt/gb_wireshark_dos_vuln_win.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
71556 Wireshark pcap-ng File Handling Memory Corruption

A memory corruption flaw exists in Wireshark. The program frees an uninitialized pointer when processing .pcap files, resulting in memory corruption. With a specially crafted .pcap file, a context-dependent attacker can execute arbitrary code.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0369.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0370.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20110321_wireshark_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
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
2011-04-07 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_wireshark-110331.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2201.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-23 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2011-0370.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-22 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-0369.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-22 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-0370.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-2620.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-14 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-2632.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-09 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2011-2648.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-09 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2011-044.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-03-02 Name : The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by multiple ...
File : wireshark_1_4_4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167
CERT-VN http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900
CONFIRM http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201
FEDORA http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044
MLIST http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/43759
http://secunia.com/advisories/43795
http://secunia.com/advisories/43821
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182

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