CVE-2008-5285 — Infinite Loop in Wireshark

CWE-399CWE-835 — Infinite LoopCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents7 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.4%
top 14.85%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedDec 1
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Wireshark 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long SMTP request, which triggers an infinite loop.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.0.5-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.0.5-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark1.0.4+40

Patches

Patch: secunia.com ↗Patch: secunia.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-q24w-77p5-v6q8: Wireshark 1↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2008-5285: Wireshark 1↗2008-12-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in SMTP dissector via large SMTP request↗2008-11-22
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Debian
CVE-2008-5285: wireshark - Wireshark 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service...↗2008
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📐Framework References

1
CWE
Improper Input Validation↗
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-5285 wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in SMTP dissector via large SMTP request↗2008-11-24
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