Uninitialized Variable Vulnerability in Wireshark CSN.1 Dissector

Uninitialized Variable Vulnerability in Wireshark CSN.1 Dissector

CVE-2011-4100 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The csnStreamDissector function in epan/dissectors/packet-csn1.c in the CSN.1 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.3 does not initialize a certain variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

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