CVE-2011-1959

NameCVE-2011-1959
DescriptionThe snoop_read function in wiretap/snoop.c in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.7 does not properly handle certain virtualizable buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large length value in a snoop file that triggers a stack-based buffer over-read.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2274-1
Debian Bugs630159

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wireshark (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u19fixed
stretch (security)2.6.20-0+deb9u3fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2.6.20-0+deb9u7fixed
buster2.6.20-0+deb10u4fixed
buster (security)2.6.20-0+deb10u8fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye3.4.10-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm4.0.11-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie4.2.2-1fixed
sid4.2.2-1.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wiresharksourcelenny1.0.2-3+lenny14DSA-2274-1
wiresharksourcesqueeze1.2.11-6+squeeze2DSA-2274-1
wiresharksource(unstable)1.6.0-1unimportant630159

Notes

Crashes w/o code injection not treated as security issues, see README.Security

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