CVE-2011-1590
N/A
Published: April 29, 2011 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:29 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWireshark
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The X.509if dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.16 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 does not properly initialize certain global variables, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .pcap file.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revision
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2
References (23)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=36608&view=revisionVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058900.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058983.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058993.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/8Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/44172Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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