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CVE-2008-3139 Detail

Description

The RTMPT dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.8 through 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors. NOTE: this might be due to a use-after-free error.


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 (07/11/2008)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-04.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020404
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0212
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493882/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30020
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1982/references
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-03.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43517
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14682
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00544.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor 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-2008-3139
NVD Published Date:
07/10/2008
NVD Last Modified:
10/11/2018
Source:
MITRE