PT-2011-2901 · Wireshark · Wireshark

Lego · Published 2011-03-02 · Updated 2024-10-21 · CVE-2011-1142

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 1.2.x through 1.2.15 Wireshark versions 1.4.x through 1.4.4

Description The issue is related to a stack consumption vulnerability in the dissect ber choice function within the BER dissector. This vulnerability might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop. The attack vectors involve self-referential ASN.1 CHOICE values.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.2.x through 1.2.15, update to a version outside of this range to mitigate the risk. For Wireshark versions 1.4.x through 1.4.4, update to a version outside of this range to mitigate the risk. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the BER dissector until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1142

Affected Products

Wireshark

References · 12

• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-1142 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1142 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1142 · Security Note
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1142 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/64935 · Telegram Post
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025148 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14724 · Note
• http://wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html · Note
• http://wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html · Note