CVE-2009-2560

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2009-2560 · Published 21/07/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-2560 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting wireshark (wireshark).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 80.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wireshark wireshark	`= 1.0.0= 1.0.1= 1.0.2= 1.0.3= 1.0.4= 1.0.5= 1.0.6= 1.0.7= 1.0.8= 1.0.9= 1.2.0`	No fix yet

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark 1.2.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a file that records a malformed packet trace and is processed by the (1) Bluetooth L2CAP, (2) RADIUS, or (3) MIOP dissector. NOTE: it was later reported that the RADIUS issue also affects 0.10.13 through 1.0.9.

References

secunia.com/advisories/35884 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/37175 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/37409 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/37477 · Vendor Advisory
debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1942
mandriva.com/security/advisories
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/22/2
securityfocus.com/bid/35748 · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/36846
vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1970 · Vendor Advisory
vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3061 · Vendor Advisory
wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.0.10.html
wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html · Patch
wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-08.html

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