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Critical
CVE-2007-6112
Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27777
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29048
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26532
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28564
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28304
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14561
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018988
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00712.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28325
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3956
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28197
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28288
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28207
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00606.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9772
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0.99.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 23rd, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.