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CVE-2008-4682

wtap.c in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application abort) via a malformed Tamos CommView capture file (aka .ncf file) with an "unknown/unexpected packet type" that triggers a failed assertion.

Published

2008-10-22T18:00:01.050

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.99.7	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.99.8	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.0	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.0.0	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.0.1	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.0.2	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	1.0.3	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32355 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34144 ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4462 ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021069 ([email protected])
http://shinnok.evonet.ro/vulns_html/wireshark.html ([email protected])
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm ([email protected])
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:215 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31468 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31838 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2872 ([email protected])
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-06.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2926 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45505 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10955 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14705 ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6622 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32355 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34144 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4462 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021069 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://shinnok.evonet.ro/vulns_html/wireshark.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:215 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31468 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31838 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2872 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-06.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2926 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45505 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10955 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14705 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6622 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)