PT-2009-4961 · Wireshark · Wireshark

Published 2009-07-21 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2009-2559

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark version 1.2.0

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the IPMI dissector, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors related to an array index error.

Recommendations For Wireshark version 1.2.0, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk of a denial of service (crash) caused by the buffer overflow in the IPMI dissector. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the IPMI dissector until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2559

Affected Products

Wireshark

References · 9

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2559 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1970 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2559 · Security Note
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2559 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-2559 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35884 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/35748 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6379 · Note