CVE-2010-4538: Buffer Overflow
First published: Fri Jan 07 2011(Updated: )
Buffer overflow in the sect_enttec_dmx_da function in epan/dissectors/packet-enttec.c in Wireshark 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ENTTEC DMX packet with Run Length Encoding (RLE) compression.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Wireshark Wireshark | =1.4.2 |
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Reference Links
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/8
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42767
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5539
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/7
- http://osvdb.org/70244
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0079
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0013.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0008
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0069
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42853
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053042.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:002
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45634
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024930
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053061.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0053
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0099
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2144
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42910
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42914
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0110
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14937
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- vendor/wireshark
- canonical/wireshark wireshark
- version/wireshark wireshark/1.4.2