CVE-2009-0601

N/A Unknown

Published: February 16, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/34264

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3150

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html