5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Wireshark is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). Wireshark can crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malformed dump file.
anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/index.py?view=rev&revision=25343
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
secunia.com/advisories/31044
secunia.com/advisories/31085
secunia.com/advisories/31257
secunia.com/advisories/31378
secunia.com/advisories/31687
secunia.com/advisories/32091
secunia.com/advisories/32944
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-04.xml
securitytracker.com/id?1020471
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0237
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1673
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:152
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494859/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/30181
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2057/references
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/
www.wireshark.org/security/
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-04.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0890
bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2470
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454984
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43719
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2684
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9020
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00544.html