CVE-2011-1142

HIGH7.5

Stack consumption vulnerability in the dissect_ber_choice function in the BER dissector in Wireshark 1

Published Mar 3, 2011

Modified 1 years ago

Details

Stack consumption vulnerability in the dissect_ber_choice function in the BER dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x through 1.2.15 and 1.4.x through 1.4.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving self-referential ASN.1 CHOICE values.

References

ADVISORY

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044

WEB

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148

WEB

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622

WEB

http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html

WEB

http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html

WEB