# 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.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2011-03-03 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086844
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43759
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055364.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.15.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0747
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44169
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0626
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43795
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/215900
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=36029
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14715
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0719
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0622
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0369.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:044
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025148
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5717
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43821
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/wireshark/cldap.rb

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