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Medium
CVE-2008-5285
Wireshark 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a...
Vulnerability Description
Wireshark 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long SMTP request, which triggers an infinite loop.
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://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:242
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32422
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4663
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065840.html
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021275
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/24/1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3231
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11351
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32840
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472737
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-07.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498562/100/0/threaded
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.6, 0.7.9, 0.8.16, 0.8.19, 0.9.5, 0.9.7, 0.9.8, 0.9.10, 0.9.14, 0.10, 0.10.1, 0.10.2, 0.10.3, 0.10.4, 0.10.5, 0.10.6, 0.10.7, 0.10.8, 0.10.9, 0.10.10, 0.10.11, 0.10.12, 0.10.13, 0.10.14, 0.99, 0.99.0, 0.99.1, 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:
December 1st, 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.