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Medium
CVE-2007-6450
The RPL dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.8 to 0.99.6...
Vulnerability Description
The RPL dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.8 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown vectors.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39186
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27777
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29048
- 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://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0059.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28304
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/28315
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28583
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27071
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11442
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28288
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1446
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0.9.8, 0.99, 0.99.0, 0.99.1, 0.99.2, 0.99.3, 0.99.4, 0.99.5, 0.99.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 19th, 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.