cve-2009-3242
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-09-18 10:00
Modified
2024-08-07 06:22
Severity ?
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in packet.c in the GSM A RR dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors related to "an uninitialized dissector handle," which triggers an assertion failure.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/36754Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/37409
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36408Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3893
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5423
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/36754Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/37409
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36408Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3893
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5423
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