CVE-2011-1138

N/A Unknown

Published: March 03, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Off-by-one error in the dissect_6lowpan_iphc function in packet-6lowpan.c in Wireshark 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed 6LoWPAN IPv6 packet.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=36036

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/43759

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/44169

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46636

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5722

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65783

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086844

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16299

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=36036