CVE-2011-1140

Multiple stack consumption vulnerabilities in the dissect_ms_compressed_string and dissect_mscldap_string functions in Wireshark 1.0.x, 1.2.0 through 1.2.14, and 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) via a crafted (1) SMB or (2) Connection-less LDAP (CLDAP) packet.

• CWE-399

• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=36029Patch
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43759
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43795
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43821
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44169
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900US Government Resource
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.htmlPatch
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.htmlPatch
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5717Exploit
• https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086844
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14715
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=36029Patch
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43759
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43795
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43821
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44169
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900US Government Resource
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.htmlPatch
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.htmlPatch
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5717Exploit
• https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086844
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14715

Published

Mar 3, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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