CVE-2011-1139 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Wireshark

CWE-399CWE-367 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition9 documents7 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
5.3%
top 9.98%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedMar 3
Latest updateMay 17

Description

wiretap/pcapng.c in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.14 and 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a pcap-ng file that contains a large packet-length field.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.4.4-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.4.4-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark19 versions+18

Patches

Patch: anonsvn.wireshark.org ↗Patch: www.wireshark.org ↗Patch: www.wireshark.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2r6r-22hr-mxcc: wiretap/pcapng↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2011-1139: wiretap/pcapng↗2011-03-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
Wireshark: Denial Of Service (application crash) via a pcap-ng file that contains a large packet-length field↗2011-03-01
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Debian
CVE-2011-1139: wireshark - wiretap/pcapng.c in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.14 and 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 allow...↗2011
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2011-1139 Wireshark: Denial Of Service (application crash) via a pcap-ng file that contains a large packet-length field↗2011-03-03
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Bugzilla
CVE-2011-0538 CVE-2010-3445 CVE-2011-1143 CVE-2011-1140 CVE-2011-1138 CVE-2011-1139 wireshark various flaws [fedora-all]↗2011-02-11
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