CVE-2007-6439
published 2007-12-19CVE-2007-6439: Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which…
PriorityP417medium6.1CVSS 2.0
AVAACLAuNCNINAC
EPSS
1.29%
67.4th percentile
Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 0.99.7-1 (bookworm) | wireshark 0.99.7-1 (bookworm) |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 0.99.7-1 | 0.99.7-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 0.99.7-1 | 0.99.7-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 0.99.7-1 | 0.99.7-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 0.99.7-1 | 0.99.7-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.06.1MEDIUMAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
osv5.0MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.0MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM
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Red Hat
wireshark IPv6 and USB dissector crash
vendor_redhat·2007-12-18·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2007-6439 [MEDIUM] wireshark IPv6 and USB dissector crash
wireshark IPv6 and USB dissector crash
Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.
Debian
CVE-2007-6439: wireshark - Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial o...
vendor_debian·2007·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2007-6439 [MEDIUM] CVE-2007-6439: wireshark - Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial o...
Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 0.99.7-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 0.99.7-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 0.99.7-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 0.99.7-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 0.99.7-1)
GHSA
GHSA-wv5g-77wr-363r: Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-01·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2007-6439 [MEDIUM] GHSA-wv5g-77wr-363r: Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0
Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.
OSV
CVE-2007-6439: Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0
osv·2007-12-19·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2007-6439 [MEDIUM] CVE-2007-6439: Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0
Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27777http://secunia.com/advisories/28288http://secunia.com/advisories/28304http://secunia.com/advisories/28325http://secunia.com/advisories/28564http://secunia.com/advisories/29048http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xmlhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27071http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.htmlhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39180https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39181https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10331https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15002http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/27777http://secunia.com/advisories/28288http://secunia.com/advisories/28304http://secunia.com/advisories/28325http://secunia.com/advisories/28564http://secunia.com/advisories/29048http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xmlhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27071http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.htmlhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39180https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39181https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10331https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15002
2007-12-19
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