CVE-2009-0599

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0599
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-02-16 20:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in wiretap/netscreen.c in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed NetScreen snoop file.

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-119 | 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 0.99.7 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 1.0.4 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
rPath update for tshark and wireshark - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Wireshark 1.0.5 Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
osvdb.org/51815 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
ASA-2009-082 (RHSA-2009-0313) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Wireshark: wnpa-sec-2009-01 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wireshark.org Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Wireshark Tektronix K12 and NetScreen Snoop File Reading Errors Let Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Fedora update for wireshark - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Wireshark NetScreen Snoop Capture File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: wireshark-1.0.6-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.wireshark.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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