CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-1956
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-06-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
The bytes_repr_len function in Wireshark 1.4.5 uses an incorrect pointer argument, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via arbitrary TCP traffic.
Affected configurations
• wireshark wireshark 1.4.5
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/19 Exploit
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/01/9 Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44449 secunia.com
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.6.html Patch
- http://www.wireshark.org/news/20110418.html Patch
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5837 Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67789 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14943 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/19 Exploit
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/01/9 Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44449 secunia.com
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.6.html Patch
- http://www.wireshark.org/news/20110418.html Patch
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5837 Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67789 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14943 oval.cisecurity.org