CVE-2011-1140 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Wireshark via crafted SMB or CLDAP packets triggering infinite recursion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-1140?
CVE-2011-1140 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 3 Mar 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple stack consumption vulnerabilities in the dissect_ms_compressed_string and dissect_mscldap_string functions in Wireshark 1.0.x, 1.2.0 through 1.2.14, and 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted (1) SMB or (2) Connection-less LDAP (CLDAP) packet.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1140?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1140?
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-2011-1140 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2011-1140 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1140, GHSA-rjw2-p6xh-g64w.