CVE-2008-1072 — Wireshark vulnerability

6 documents6 sources
Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedFeb 28
Latest updateMay 1

Description

The TFTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.6.0 through 0.99.7, when running on Ubuntu 7.10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) via a malformed packet, possibly related to a Cairo library bug.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:CExploitability: 3.4 | Impact: 6.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 0.99.8-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 0.99.8-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark15 versions+14

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-whmj-wvpf-4c6j: The TFTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0↗2022-05-01
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OSV
CVE-2008-1072: The TFTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0↗2008-02-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Debian
CVE-2008-1072: wireshark - The TFTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.6.0 through 0.99.7, when r...↗2008
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Red Hat
wireshark: TFTP dissector crash↗2007-02-27
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-1072 wireshark: TFTP dissector crash↗2008-02-29
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