RHSA-2011:0369Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: wireshark security update

Published
March 21, 2011
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (6)

CVE-2011-0444 →CVE-2011-0538 →CVE-2011-0713 →CVE-2011-1139 →CVE-2011-1140 →CVE-2011-1141 →

📋 Description

CVE-2011-0444 — wireshark: buffer overflow in MAC-LTE disector (upstream bug #5530) CVE-2011-0538 — Wireshark: memory corruption when reading a malformed pcap file (upstream bug #5652) CVE-2011-0713 — Wireshark: heap-based buffer overflow when reading malformed Nokia DCT3 phone signalling traces CVE-2011-1139 — Wireshark: Denial Of Service (application crash) via a pcap-ng file that contains a large packet-length field CVE-2011-1140 — Wireshark: Multiple stack consumption vulnerabilities caused DoS via crafted SMB or CLDAP packet CVE-2011-1141 — Wireshark: Malformed LDAP filter string causes Denial of Service via excessive memory consumption

🎯 Affected products60

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wireshark-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • wireshark-debuginfo-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • wireshark-debuginfo-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • wireshark-debuginfo-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wireshark-debuginfo-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • wireshark-debuginfo-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • wireshark-debuginfo-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • wireshark-debuginfo-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • wireshark-debuginfo-0:1.2.15-1.el6_0.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

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