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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-0601 Detail

Deferred

This CVE record is not being prioritized for NVD enrichment efforts due to resource or other concerns.

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score: N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.
CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score: 2.1 LOW
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Evaluator Impact

Per http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370: "Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Wireshark, which could be exploited by local or remote attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system."

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (02/17/2009)

Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. For further details, see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-0601#c3

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34264 CVE, MITRE Broken Link
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690 CVE, MITRE Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3150 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String cwe source acceptance level NIST

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Change History

5 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:00:28 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
Added Reference 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34264
Added Reference 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040
Added Reference 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded
Added Reference 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690
Added Reference 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697
Added Reference 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370
Added Reference 
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html
Added Reference 
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3150
Added Reference 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984

Modified Analysis by NIST 5/17/2024 1:31:39 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Changed CPE Configuration 
AND
 OR
 *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 OR
 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*


 
AND
 OR
 *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 OR
 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Changed Reference Type 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html No Types Assigned


 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34264 No Types Assigned


 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34264 Broken Link
Changed Reference Type 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040 No Types Assigned


 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040 Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned


 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690 Patch


 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370 Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3150 No Types Assigned


 
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3150 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984 No Types Assigned


 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984 Third Party Advisory
Changed Evaluator Impact 
Per http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370:
"Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Wireshark, which could be exploited by local or remote attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system."


 
Per http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370:
"Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Wireshark, which could be exploited by local or remote attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system."

CVE Modified by MITRE 5/13/2024 10:04:34 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value

CVE Modified by MITRE 10/10/2018 3:29:54 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed Reference 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]

Initial CVE Analysis 2/17/2009 11:33:00 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0601
NVD Published Date:
02/16/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE

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