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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-1590: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-1590: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/29/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

The X.509if dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.16 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 does not properly initialize certain global variables, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .pcap file.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-analyzer-wireshark

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