CVE-2008-3932
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-3932 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-09-04 19:41:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.7 through 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a crafted NCP packet that triggers an infinite loop. |
Risk And Classification
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 | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.10.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.10.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.10.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.10.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.10.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.10.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.10.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.10.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.10.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.10.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.10.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.10.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.10.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.10.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.9.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.9.8 | 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 | 0.99.6a | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.99.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 0.99.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 1.0.2 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| Fedora update for wireshark - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Red Hat update for wireshark - Advisories - Community | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: wireshark-1.0.3-1.fc8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| ASA-2008-392 (RHSA-2008-0890) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.avaya.com | |
| Wireshark: Multiple Denials of Service — Gentoo Linux Documentation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:199 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: wireshark-1.0.3-1.fc9 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0278 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | wiki.rpath.com | |
| Wireshark NCP Dissector and zlib Processing Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| Gentoo 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 | |
| rPath update for wireshark - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| 2675 – segmentation fault loading trace containing NCP packets | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.wireshark.org | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Wireshark: wnpa-sec-2008-05 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.wireshark.org | Patch |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| access.redhat.com | CVE-2008-3932 | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| 461243 – (CVE-2008-3932) CVE-2008-3932 wireshark: infinite loop in the NCP dissector | MITRE | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.