CVE-2007-6118

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-6118
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-11-23 20:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe MEGACO dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.14 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop and resource consumption) via unknown vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.14 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.15 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.16 All All All
Application Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.99.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.1 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.3 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.5 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Wireshark Wireshark MP3, DNP, SSL, ANSI MAP, Firebird/Interbase, NCP, HTTP, MEGACO, DCP ETSI, OS/400, PPP, Bluetooth SDP, and RPC Portmap Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Fedora update for wireshark - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Wireshark 0.99.6 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
rPath update for tshark and wireshark - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: wireshark-0.99.7-2.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Gentoo Bug 199958 - net-analyzer/wireshark < 0.99.7 Multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2007-{6111,6112,6113,6114,6115,6116,6117,6118,6119,6120,6121,6438,6439,6441,6450,6451}) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:001 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1414-1 wireshark af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: wireshark-0.99.7-1.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Red Hat update for wireshark - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Wireshark: wnpa-sec-2007-03 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org Patch
Mandriva update for wireshark - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for wireshark - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian update for wireshark - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for wireshark - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Fedora update for wireshark - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
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