CVE-2008-4684
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · CWE-399
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly handle exceptions thrown by post dissectors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain series of packets, as demonstrated by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:N/AC:M/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/32355Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32944
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021069
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1673
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:215