Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector in Wireshark 0.9.15 through 1.0.10 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed packet, as demonstrated using a stack-based buffer overflow to the dissect_getaddrsbyname_request function.
Published: 2010-02-03
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 76.0% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1983-1 New Wireshark packages fix several vulnerabilities
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
Wireshark Wireshark
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:45:11.927Z

Reserved: 2010-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-0304

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-02-03T18:30:00.717

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-0304

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-01-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-0304 - Bugzilla

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