CVE-2008-4684

CVE Details

Release Date:

2008-10-22

Description

packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly handle exceptions thrown by post dissectors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain series of packets, as demonstrated by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector.

See more information about CVE-2008-4684 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	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

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