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CVE-2007-6118

The MEGACO dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.14 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop and resource consumption) via unknown vectors.

Published

2007-11-23T20:46:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	ethereal_group	ethereal	0.9.14	Yes
Application	ethereal_group	ethereal	0.9.15	Yes
Application	ethereal_group	ethereal	0.9.16	Yes
Application	ethereal_group	ethereal	0.99.0	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.99	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.99.0	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.99.1	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.99.2	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.99.3	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.99.4	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.99.5	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.99.6	Yes

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27777 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27817 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28197 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28207 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28288 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28304 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28325 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28564 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28583 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018988 ([email protected])
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1414 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0059.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26532 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3956 ([email protected])
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html Patch ([email protected])
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10659 ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00606.html ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00712.html ([email protected])
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27777 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27817 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28197 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28207 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28288 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28304 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28325 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28564 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28583 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018988 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1414 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0059.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26532 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3956 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10659 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00606.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00712.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)