Vulnerability CVE-2011-1142

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2011-1142 (CCN-65912)

Assigned:

2011-03-01

Published:

2011-03-01

Updated:

2017-09-19

Summary:

Stack consumption vulnerability in the dissect_ber_choice function in the BER dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x through 1.2.15 and 1.4.x through 1.4.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving self-referential ASN.1 CHOICE values.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.2 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-399

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2011-1142

Source: MANDRIVA
Type: UNKNOWN
MDVSA-2011:044

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 71549
Wireshark BER Dissector ASN.1 CHOICE Value DoS

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1025148

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2011-0622

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html

Source: CCN
Type: Wireshark Web Site
Wireshark 1.4.4 Release Notes

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html

Source: CCN
Type: wnpa-sec-2011-03
Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark version 1.2.0 to 1.2.14

Source: CCN
Type: wnpa-sec-2011-04
MAC-LTE, ENTTEC, and ASN.1 BER vulnerabilities in Wireshark version 1.4.0

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wireshark-dissectberchoice-dos(65912)

Source: OVAL
Type: UNKNOWN
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14724

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1: