CVE-2008-4684 — Wireshark vulnerability

CWE-3996 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.48%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedOct 22
Latest updateMay 14

Description

packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly handle exceptions thrown by post dissectors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain series of packets, as demonstrated by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.0.4-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.0.4-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark13 versions+12

Patches

Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hj53-2vf5-rh93: packet-frame in Wireshark 0↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2008-4684: packet-frame in Wireshark 0↗2008-10-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: DoS (app crash) via certain series of packets by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector↗2008-05-16
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Debian
CVE-2008-4684: wireshark - packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly handle exceptio...↗2008
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-4684 wireshark: DoS (app crash) via certain series of packets by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector↗2008-10-23
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