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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-6438 Detail

Current Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP, but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27777 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28288 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28304 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28325 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28564 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27071 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39178 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11785 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14734 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-6438
NVD Published Date:
12/19/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.