CVE-2008-4684
published 2008-10-22CVE-2008-4684: 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…
PriorityP418medium4.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCNINAP
EPSS
1.70%
74.9th percentile
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.
Affected
18 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 1.0.4-1 (bookworm) | wireshark 1.0.4-1 (bookworm) |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 1.0.4-1 | 1.0.4-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 1.0.4-1 | 1.0.4-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 1.0.4-1 | 1.0.4-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 1.0.4-1 | 1.0.4-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv4.3MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.3LOW
vendor_redhat4.3MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-hj53-2vf5-rh93: packet-frame in Wireshark 0
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2008-4684 [MEDIUM] GHSA-hj53-2vf5-rh93: packet-frame in Wireshark 0
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.
OSV
CVE-2008-4684: packet-frame in Wireshark 0
osv·2008-10-22·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2008-4684 [MEDIUM] CVE-2008-4684: packet-frame in Wireshark 0
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.
Red Hat
wireshark: DoS (app crash) via certain series of packets by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector
vendor_redhat·2008-05-16·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2008-4684 [MEDIUM] wireshark: DoS (app crash) via certain series of packets by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector
wireshark: DoS (app crash) via certain series of packets by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector
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.
Debian
CVE-2008-4684: wireshark - packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly handle exceptio...
vendor_debian·2008·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2008-4684 [MEDIUM] CVE-2008-4684: wireshark - packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly handle exceptio...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.0.4-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.0.4-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.0.4-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.0.4-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.0.4-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://secunia.com/advisories/32355http://secunia.com/advisories/32944http://secunia.com/advisories/34144http://securitytracker.com/id?1021069http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htmhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1673http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:215http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31838http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2872http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-06.htmlhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2549https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10223https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14767http://secunia.com/advisories/32355http://secunia.com/advisories/32944http://secunia.com/advisories/34144http://securitytracker.com/id?1021069http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htmhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1673http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:215http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31838http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2872http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-06.htmlhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2549https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10223https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14767
2008-10-22
Published