RHSA-2011:0370Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: wireshark security update

Published
March 21, 2011
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (7)

CVE-2010-3445 →CVE-2011-0024 →CVE-2011-0538 →CVE-2011-1139 →CVE-2011-1140 →CVE-2011-1141 →CVE-2011-1143 →

📋 Description

CVE-2010-3445 — wireshark: stack overflow in BER dissector CVE-2011-0024 — wireshark: heap-based buffer overflow in wireshark < 1.2 when reading malformed capture files CVE-2011-0538 — Wireshark: memory corruption when reading a malformed pcap file (upstream bug #5652) 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 CVE-2011-1143 — Wireshark: Null pointer dereference causing application crash when reading malformed pcap file

🎯 Affected products67

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • wireshark-0:1.0.15-2.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • wireshark-debuginfo-0:1.0.15-1.el5_6.4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
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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

🔗 References (10)