CVE-2008-1561

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1561
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-31 22:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.5 through 0.99.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet to the (1) X.509sat or (2) Roofnet dissectors. NOTE: Vector 2 might also lead to a hang.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 0.99.7 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat update for wireshark - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: wireshark-1.0.0-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Wireshark 0.99.8 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for wireshark - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
ASA-2008-392 (RHSA-2008-0890) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: wireshark-1.0.0-1.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:08 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Gentoo update for wireshark - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Wireshark: wnpa-sec-2008-02 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker: Wireshark X.509sat/Roofnet/LDAP/SCCP Dissector Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
rPath update for wireshark - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2418 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0138 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Wireshark: Denial of Service — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Security Advisories | Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-10-17Mark J CoxThe affected version of Wireshark as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 were fixed via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html

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