CVE-2008-4682

CVE Details

Release Date:	2008-10-22
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (wireshark)	ELSA-2009-0313	2009-03-04
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (wireshark)	ELSA-2009-0313	2009-03-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (wireshark)	ELSA-2009-0313	2009-03-04