CVE-2009-0601 (GCVE-0-2009-0601)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-02-16 20:00
Modified
2024-08-07 04:40
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Format string vulnerability in Wireshark 0.99.8 through 1.0.5 on non-Windows platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in the HOME environment variable.
References
cve@mitre.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/34264 Broken Link
cve@mitre.org http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3150 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/34264 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3150 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984 Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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