CVE-2011-1957 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via an infinite loop in the DICOM dissector by sending an invalid PDU length.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-1957?
CVE-2011-1957 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 6 Jun 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The dissect_dcm_main function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c in the DICOM dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an invalid PDU length.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1957?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1957?
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-2011-1957 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1957 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1957, GHSA-8v9w-rjhh-f92v.