Description
Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.14, 1.4.0 through 1.4.3, and 1.5.0 frees an uninitialized pointer during processing of a .pcap file in the pcap-ng format, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed file.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-2201-1 | wireshark security update |
References
History
No history.
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T21:58:25.587Z
Reserved: 2011-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2011-0538
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Status : Modified
Published: 2011-02-08T22:00:01.680
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2011-0538
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA