CVE-2008-3138
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-3138 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-07-10 23:41:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | The (1) PANA and (2) KISMET dissectors in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 through 1.0.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application stop) via unknown vectors. |
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: CWE-200 | NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Rpath | Rpath Linux | 1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.9.5 | 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 | 0.99.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.99.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.0.0 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat update for wireshark - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Debian update for wireshark - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Wireshark GSM SMS, PANA, KISMET, RTMPT, and syslog Dissector Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securitytracker.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:017 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| rPath 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 | |
| Wireshark: Denial of Service — Gentoo Linux Documentation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| Fedora update for wireshark - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Wireshark: wnpa-sec-2008-03 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.wireshark.org | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Advisories:rPSA-2008-0212 - rPath Wiki | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.rpath.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Gentoo update for wireshark - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: wireshark-1.0.2-1.fc9 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1673-1 wireshark | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Wireshark 1.0.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2008-10-17 | Tomas Hoger | The 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 |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.