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Medium
CVE-2008-4684
packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly handle...
Vulnerability Description
packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly handle exceptions thrown by post dissectors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain series of packets, as demonstrated by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector.
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://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32355
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2549
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-06.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32944
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14767
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2872
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10223
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:215
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021069
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1673
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0.99.2, 0.99.3, 0.99.4, 0.99.5, 0.99.6, 0.99.6a, 0.99.7, 0.99.8, 1.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 22nd, 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.