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title: "CVE-2011-2597\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-2597

Publication date 7 July 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The Lucent/Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.18, 1.4.x
through 1.4.7, and 1.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (infinite loop) via malformed packets.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wireshark | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2597)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2597)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-2597)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2597)

### Other references

* <http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-09.html>
* <http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-10.html>
* <http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-11.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2597>