CVE-2011-0445 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Wireshark via crafted packets triggering an assertion failure in the ASN.1 BER dissector.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-0445?
CVE-2011-0445 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 12 Jan 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via crafted packets, as demonstrated by fuzz-2010-12-30-28473.pcap.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0445?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2011-0445?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-0445 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2011-0445 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0445 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hgjq-pwcf-8rg2.