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CVE-2008-5285

Wireshark 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long SMTP request, which triggers an infinite loop.

Published

2008-12-01T15:30:03.627

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-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wireshark	wireshark	≤ 1.0.4	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.6	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.7.9	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.8.16	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.8.19	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.9.5	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.9.7	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.9.8	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.9.10	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.9.14	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10.1	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10.2	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10.3	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10.4	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10.5	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10.6	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10.7	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10.8	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10.9	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10.10	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10.11	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10.12	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10.13	Yes
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.10.14	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
Application	wireshark	wireshark	0.99.6a	Yes
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://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065840.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/32840 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34144 ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4663 ([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-2008:242 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/24/1 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498562/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32422 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021275 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3231 ([email protected])
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-07.html ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472737 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11351 ([email protected])
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065840.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32840 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34144 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4663 (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-2008:242 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/24/1 (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/1/498562/100/0/threaded (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/32422 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021275 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3231 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-07.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472737 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11351 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)