| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2011-1956 (CCN-67789) | ||||||||||||
| Assigned: | 2011-05-31 | ||||||||||||
| Published: | 2011-05-31 | ||||||||||||
| Updated: | 2017-09-19 | ||||||||||||
| Summary: | 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. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html 'CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference' | ||||||||||||
| 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)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) 3.2 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
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)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Denial of Service | ||||||||||||
| References: | Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2011-1956 Source: MLIST Type: Exploit [oss-security] 20110531 CVE request for Wireshark 1.4.5 TCP DoS issue Source: MLIST Type: Exploit [oss-security] 20110601 Re: CVE request for Wireshark 1.4.5 TCP DoS issue Source: CCN Type: SA44449 Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities Source: SECUNIA Type: UNKNOWN 44449 Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 72974 Wireshark bytes_repr_len Function NULL Dereference Remote DoS Source: CCN Type: BID-48066 Wireshark Versions Prior to 1.4.7/1.2.17 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities Source: CONFIRM Type: Patch http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.6.html Source: CONFIRM Type: Patch http://www.wireshark.org/news/20110418.html Source: CCN Type: wnpa-sec-2011-08 Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark® version 1.4.0 to 1.4.6 Source: CCN Type: Wireshark Bug Database - Bug 5837 Wireshark (and tshark) crashes on tcp traffic - dissector accessed an invalid memory address Source: CONFIRM Type: Exploit https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5837 Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN wireshark-desegmenttcp-dos(67789) Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN wireshark-desegmenttcp-dos(67789) Source: OVAL Type: UNKNOWN oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14943 | ||||||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||||||
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