CVE-2007-6118

Summary

CVECVE-2007-6118
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-11-23 20:46:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-15 21:50:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

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 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
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo update for wireshark - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975 CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
Wireshark 0.99.6 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Red Hat update for wireshark - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for wireshark - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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}) MISC bugs.gentoo.org
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