CVE-2009-2560 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark by tricking users into opening a malformed packet trace file, affecting Bluetooth, RADIUS, and MIOP dissectors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-2560?
CVE-2009-2560 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 21 Jul 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark 1.2.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a file that records a malformed packet trace and is processed by the (1) Bluetooth L2CAP, (2) RADIUS, or (3) MIOP dissector. NOTE: it was later reported that the RADIUS issue also affects 0.10.13 through 1.0.9.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2560?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2560?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2009-2560 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2560 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2560, GHSA-76r9-88g8-fpcq.