Explain CVE-2011-0538
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.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '43759', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/43759'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2011-2648', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2011-2620', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14605', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14605'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html'}, {'name': 'ADV-2011-0747', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747'}, {'name': 'ADV-2011-0626', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626'}, {'name': '43795', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/43795'}, {'name': 'VU#215900', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_CERT-VN'], 'url': 'http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20110204 Wireshark: Freeing uninitialized pointer', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2011:0370', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html'}, {'name': 'ADV-2011-0719', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2011-2632', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html'}, {'name': 'ADV-2011-0622', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2011:0369', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html'}, {'name': 'wireshark-pcap-code-execution(65182)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65182'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2011:044', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044'}, {'name': '1025148', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676232'}, {'name': '46167', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46167'}, {'name': 'DSA-2201', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201'}, {'name': '43821', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/43821'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED