Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in the dissect_ber_unknown function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the BER dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.1 and 1.2.x before 1.2.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a long string in an unknown ASN.1/BER encoded packet, as demonstrated using SNMP.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | wireshark | 1.2.11-3 | — |
| Debian 13 | wireshark | 1.2.11-3 | — |
| Debian 12 | wireshark | 1.2.11-3 | — |
| Debian 5.0 | wireshark | 1.0.2-3+lenny11 | DSA-2127-1 |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 6 | wireshark +2 | 1.2.13-1.el6_0.1 | RHSA-2010:0924 |
| RHEL 5 | wireshark +1 | 1.0.15-1.el5_6.4 | RHSA-2011:0370 |
| RHEL 4 | wireshark +1 | 1.0.15-2.el4 | RHSA-2011:0370 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | wireshark | 2.2.2-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1 |
Advisories 4
- RHSA-2011:0370 Red Hat Security Advisory: wireshark security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- RHSA-2010:0924 Red Hat Security Advisory: wireshark security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- DSA-2127-1 wireshark - denial of service Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1 wireshark-2.2.2-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- SUSE-SR:2011:001 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2010-3093 vdb-entry
- 43759 third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2011-2648 vendor-advisory
- 43068 third-party-advisory
- 43197 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2011-2620 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2011-0212 vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14607 vdb-entry signature
- ADV-2011-0626 vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2010:200 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-3445
- VU#215900 third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5230
- [oss-security] 20101011 Re: CVE requests: Poppler, Quassel, Pyfribidi, Overkill, DocUtils, FireGPG, Wireshark mailing-list
- RHSA-2011:0370 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2011-0719 vdb-entry
- 42392 third-party-advisory
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-12.html
- http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/resource_management_errors_vulnerability_in
- 42877 third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2011:002 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2011-2632 vendor-advisory
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/cve-2010-3445-wireshark-asn-1-ber-stack-overflow/
- RHSA-2010:0924 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2011-0404 vdb-entry
- ADV-2011-0076 vdb-entry
- ADV-2010-3067 vdb-entry
- DSA-2127 vendor-advisory
- 20100913 Wireshark 1.4.0 Malformed SNMP V1 Packet Denial of Service mailing-list
- 42411 third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20101001 Re: CVE requests: Poppler, Quassel, Pyfribidi, Overkill, DocUtils, FireGPG, Wireshark mailing-list
- 43821 third-party-advisory