Bug 710184 (CVE-2011-1958) - CVE-2011-1958 wireshark (64bit): NULL pointer dereference by processing of a corrupted Diameter dictionary file
Summary: CVE-2011-1958 wireshark (64bit): NULL pointer dereference by processing of a ...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2011-1958
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 809045 809046 834180
Blocks: 807617 816611
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Reported: 2011-06-02 15:38 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2023-05-12 23:40 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2013-01-08 09:07:28 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0509 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: wireshark security update 2012-04-23 20:47:35 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:0125 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: wireshark security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2013-01-08 09:22:17 UTC

Description Jan Lieskovsky 2011-06-02 15:38:15 UTC 
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way Wireshark processed
certain Diameter dictionary files. A remote attacker could create a
specially-crafted dictionary file, which once used, by a local, unsuspecting
user when loading a Diameter capture file could lead to wireshark application
crash.

References:
[1] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/20
    (CVE request)
[2] http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-07.html
    (upstream advisory)
Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2011-06-02 15:40:04 UTC 
This issue affects the versions of the wireshark package, as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.

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This issue affects the versions of the wireshark package, as shipped with
Fedora release of 13, 14, and 15.
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2012-04-23 16:52:30 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2012:0509 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0509.html
Comment 8 Vincent Danen 2012-04-23 17:44:15 UTC 
Current Fedora has wireshark 1.4.12 which is not affected by this flaw.
Comment 10 Murray McAllister 2012-10-03 04:26:20 UTC 
Acknowledgements:

This issue was discovered by Huzaifa Sidhpurwala of the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2013-01-08 05:00:30 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2013:0125 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
Comment 14 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2013-01-08 09:07:28 UTC 
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