PT-2009-5840 · Wireshark · Wireshark

Published 2009-10-30 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2009-3551

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 is caused by an off-by-one error in the dissect negprot response function in packet-smb.c in the SMB dissector. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, via a file that records a malformed packet trace.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.2.0 through 1.2.2, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-3551

Affected Products

Wireshark

References · 13

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/36846 · Patch
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-07.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3551 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37175 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.3.html · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3551 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3551 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3061 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-3551 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6049 · Note
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/54018 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37409 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54018 · Note