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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0601
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3150
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34264
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html