CVE-2008-5285

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5285
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-01 15:30:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionWireshark 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long SMTP request, which triggers an infinite loop.

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 All All All
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 0.6 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.7.9 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.8.16 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.8.19 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.9.10 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.9.14 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 0.9.5 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 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
Application Wireshark Wireshark All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Wireshark SMTP Dissector Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Wireshark 1.0.4 SMTP Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[Full-disclosure] [SVRT-04-08] Vulnerability in WireShark 1.0.4 for DoS Attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SecurityReason - Vulnerability in WireShark 1.0.4 for DoS Attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
ASA-2009-082 (RHSA-2009-0313) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Bug 472737 – CVE-2008-5285 wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in SMTP dissector via large SMTP request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
oss-security - CVE Request -- wireshark af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:242 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Wireshark: wnpa-sec-2008-07 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org
Wireshark SMTP Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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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