PT-2011-4466 · Wireshark · Wireshark

Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala · Published 2011-09-20 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2011-3484

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 is related to the unxorFrame function in the OpenSafety dissector, which does not properly validate a certain frame size. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a loop and application crash, via a malformed packet.

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 disabling the OpenSafety dissector until a patch is available. Restrict access to untrusted networks to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-3484

Affected Products

Wireshark

References · 14

• 🔥 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6138 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-3484 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138 · Vendor Advisory
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=38213 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3484 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3484 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3484 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-12.html · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737787 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15062 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9 · Note