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CVE-2008-3933 Detail

Description

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.14 through 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a packet with crafted zlib-compressed data that triggers an invalid read in the tvb_uncompress function.


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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/31864
http://secunia.com/advisories/31864
http://secunia.com/advisories/31886
http://secunia.com/advisories/31886
http://secunia.com/advisories/32028
http://secunia.com/advisories/32028
http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
http://secunia.com/advisories/32944
http://secunia.com/advisories/32944
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-17.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-17.xml
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-2008-0278
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0278
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1673
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1673
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:199
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:199
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/1/496487/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496487/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020819
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020819
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2493
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2493
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-05.html Patch 
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-05.html Patch 
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2649
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2649
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2682
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2682
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9620
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9620
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00713.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00713.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00715.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00715.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-3933
NVD Published Date:
09/04/2008
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.