PT-2009-5839 · Wireshark · Wireshark

Steve · Published 2009-10-30 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2009-3549

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 versions 1.2.0 through 1.2.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, via a file that records a malformed packet trace. This is related to the Paltalk dissector in Wireshark.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.2.0 through 1.2.2, consider updating to a newer version to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the Paltalk dissector until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-3549

Affected Products

Wireshark

References · 14

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3549 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3549 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-07.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/36846 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37175 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-3549 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.3.html · Patch
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3061 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3549 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6391 · Note
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/54016 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37409 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54016 · Note
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3689 · Note