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CVE-2009-0601
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
Format string vulnerability in Wireshark 0.99.8 through 1.0.5 on non-Windows platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in the HOME environment variable..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Low
- Base Score
- 2.1/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
No
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
No
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
No
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
No
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
No
|
- |
References
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3150
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34264
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded