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Medium
CVE-2008-1562
The LDAP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 0.99.8...
Vulnerability Description
The LDAP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 0.99.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5740.
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://secunia.com/advisories/29622
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490487/100/0/threaded
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14549
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29695
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:091
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-05.xml
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0138
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29971
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485
- 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
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019728
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-02.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41516
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1007/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29569
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2418
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9318
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0.99.2, 0.99.3, 0.99.4, 0.99.5, 0.99.6, 0.99.7, 0.99.8
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 31st, 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.