PT-2011-4465 · Wireshark · Wireshark

Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala · Published 2011-09-20 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2011-3483

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 1.6.0 through 1.6.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, via a malformed capture file. This leads to an invalid root tvbuff and is related to a buffer exception handling issue.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 1.6.0 through 1.6.1, update to version 1.6.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of malformed capture files until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-3483

DSA-2395-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

Affected Products

Wireshark

References · 277

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/36128 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3483 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3483 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3483 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-3483 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6243 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6428 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3558 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1576 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1140 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4298 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4932 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3266 · Note