CVE-2008-6472 — Infinite Loop in Wireshark

CWE-3996 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 30.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedMar 14
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The WLCCP dissector in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 1.0.5-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 1.0.5-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark8 versions+7

Patches

Patch: www.wireshark.org ↗Patch: www.wireshark.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-34pw-83fg-m35j: The WLCCP dissector in Wireshark 0↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2008-6472: The WLCCP dissector in Wireshark 0↗2009-03-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: DoS vulnerability in WLCCP dissector↗2008-12-08
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Debian
CVE-2008-6472: wireshark - The WLCCP dissector in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to...↗2008
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-6472 wireshark: DoS vulnerability in WLCCP dissector↗2009-03-15
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