PT-2009-3242 · Wireshark · Wireshark

Babi · Published 2009-02-16 · Updated 2024-05-17 · CVE-2009-0601

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 0.99.8 through 1.0.5

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, by utilizing format string specifiers in the HOME environment variable. This is a format string vulnerability that affects non-Windows platforms.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 0.99.8 through 1.0.5, consider updating to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of format string specifiers in the HOME environment variable to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0601

Affected Products

Wireshark

References · 15

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-0601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0601 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/33690 · Patch
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021697 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/80285 · Telegram Post
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34264 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3150 · Note
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040 · Note