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CVE-2008-1561 Detail

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.5 through 0.99.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet to the (1) X.509sat or (2) Roofnet dissectors. NOTE: Vector 2 might also lead to a hang.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (10/17/2008)

The affected version of Wireshark as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 were fixed via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29569 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29569 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
http://secunia.com/advisories/29695
http://secunia.com/advisories/29695
http://secunia.com/advisories/29736
http://secunia.com/advisories/29736
http://secunia.com/advisories/29971
http://secunia.com/advisories/29971
http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0138
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0138
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-05.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-05.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:091
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:091
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490487/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490487/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485 Exploit 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485 Exploit 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019728
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019728
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1007/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1007/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-02.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-02.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41514
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41514
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41515
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41515
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2418
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2418
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15089
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15089
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9315
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9315
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
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-2008-1561
NVD Published Date:
03/31/2008
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE