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Status published
Medium
CVE-2009-3242
Unspecified vulnerability in packet.c in the GSM A RR dissector...
Vulnerability Description
Unspecified vulnerability in packet.c in the GSM A RR dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 and 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors related to "an uninitialized dissector handle," which triggers an assertion failure.
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/bid/36408
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3893
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36754
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37409
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5423
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.2.0, 1.2.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 18th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.