CVE-2011-0444
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
10.0
Description
Buffer overflow in the MAC-LTE dissector (epan/dissectors/packet-mac-lte.c) in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.13 and 1.4.0 through 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of RARs.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.2.11-6 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.2.11-6 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.2.11-6 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.2.11-6 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.2.11-6 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.0 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.1 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.2 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.3 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.4 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.5 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.6 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.7 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.8 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.9 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.10 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.11 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.12 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.2.13 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.0 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.1 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 1.4.2 | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053650.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053669.html
- http://osvdb.org/70403
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43175
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:007
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45775
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0079
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0104
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0270
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-01.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-02.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=5676
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5530
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64624
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14283
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0444
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.