Out-of-Bounds Affecting wireshark package, versions <1.4.3-3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.08% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-WIRESHARK-377436
  • published8 Feb 2011
  • disclosed8 Feb 2011

Introduced: 8 Feb 2011

CVE-2011-0538  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 wireshark to version 1.4.3-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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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