CVE-2008-1562
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · Improper input validation
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The LDAP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 0.99.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5740.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)51%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29569Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29695
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29736
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29971
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm