CVE-2008-5285
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · CWE-399
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Wireshark 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long SMTP request, which triggers an infinite loop.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
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.
Official patch: http://secunia.com/advisories/32840 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32840Patch
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065840.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4663
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:242
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/24/1