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CVE-2011-2597 Details

Description

The Lucent/Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.18, 1.4.x through 1.4.7, and 1.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed packets.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063586.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063591.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00021.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00022.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/45086	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45574	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025738	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68335	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14794	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:118	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48506	CVE
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-09.html	CVE
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-10.html	CVE
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-11.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063586.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063591.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00021.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00022.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/45086	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45574	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025738	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68335	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14794	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:118	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48506	[email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-09.html	[email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-10.html	[email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-11.html	[email protected]

see all 30 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wireshark wireshark	1.2 1.2.0 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.16:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.17:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

wireshark wireshark

1.2

1.2.0

1.2.1

1.2.2

1.2.3

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 8, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]