CVE-2008-5285

CVE Details

Release Date:2008-12-01

Description


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.

See more information about CVE-2008-5285 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: 5 Base Metrics: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (wireshark)ELSA-2009-03132009-03-04
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (wireshark)ELSA-2009-03132009-03-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (wireshark)ELSA-2009-03132009-03-04



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