Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark

Published: 2011-07-07 | Updated: 2020-08-11

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2011-2698 CVE-2011-2597
CWE-ID	CWE-20 CWE-399
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Wireshark Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers
Vendor	Wireshark.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU44798

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2698

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Off-by-one error in the elem_cell_id_aux function in epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI MAP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.8 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an invalid packet.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Wireshark: 1.4.0 - 1.6.0

CPE2.3

External links

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=37930
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063586.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063591.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/45086
http://secunia.com/advisories/45574
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/19/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49071
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-10.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-11.html
http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6044
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723215
http://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69074
http://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14610

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU44899