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CVE-2008-3138 Detail

Description

The (1) PANA and (2) KISMET dissectors in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 through 1.0.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application stop) via unknown vectors.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30886 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30942 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31085 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31378 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32091 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32944 CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-04.xml CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020404 CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm CVE, MITRE
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0212 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1673 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493882/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30020 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1982/references CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773 CVE, MITRE
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-03.html CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43519 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10536 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14898 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00544.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-3138
NVD Published Date:
07/10/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE