CVE-2011-4100

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4100
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-11-03 15:55:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe csnStreamDissector function in epan/dissectors/packet-csn1.c in the CSN.1 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.3 does not initialize a certain variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.6.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request for wireshark flaws af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Patch
Bug 750643 – CVE-2011-4100 wireshark: uninitialized variable in the CSN.1 dissector can cause a crash af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2011-17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org
[Wireshark] Revision 39140 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 anonsvn.wireshark.org Patch
osvdb.org/76768 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Wireshark CSN.1 Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
6351 – Buildbot crash output: fuzz-2011-09-16-19550.pcap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org Patch
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