CVE-2011-4101

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4101
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 dissect_infiniband_common function in epan/dissectors/packet-infiniband.c in the Infiniband dissector in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.9 and 1.6.x before 1.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and 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: NVD-CWE-Other | 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 1.4.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.4.9 All All All
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
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
osvdb.org/76769 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
6476 – Null pointer dereference in the Infiniband dissector af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org
Bug 750645 – CVE-2011-4101 wireshark: NULL pointer dereference in Infiniband dissector can cause a crash af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
[Wireshark] Revision 39500 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 anonsvn.wireshark.org Patch
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2011-18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Wireshark Infiniband Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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