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Medium
CVE-2008-1072
The TFTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.6.0 through 0.99.7,...
Vulnerability Description
The TFTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.6.0 through 0.99.7, when running on Ubuntu 7.10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) via a malformed packet, possibly related to a Cairo library bug.
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
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-32.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-01.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29188
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29242
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29511
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488967/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019515
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0092
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29736
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2296
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0704
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28025
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:057
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29156
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29223
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0.6, 0.7.9, 0.8.16, 0.9.10, 0.10, 0.10.4, 0.10.13, 0.99, 0.99.1, 0.99.2, 0.99.3, 0.99.4, 0.99.5, 0.99.6, 0.99.7
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 28th, 2008
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.