CVE-2008-4685

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4685
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-22 18:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in the dissect_q931_cause_ie function in packet-q931.c in the Q.931 dissector in Wireshark 0.10.3 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or abort) via certain packets that trigger an exception.

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-399 | 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 0.10.3 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 0.99 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 0.99.6a 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 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
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Wireshark 1.0.3 Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Debian update for wireshark - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Wireshark Bluetooth ACL, Q.931, and USB Dissector Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
ASA-2009-082 (RHSA-2009-0313) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Wireshark: wnpa-sec-2008-06 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1673-1 wireshark af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:215 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
2870 – "Per-packet memory corrupted" crashes if file contains DUA packets af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-03-05Tomas HogerThis issue has been addressed in Wireshark packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html

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