Description
The MEGACO dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.14 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop and resource consumption) via unknown vectors.
References (28)
Core 28
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0059.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00712.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00606.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27777
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048
Patch vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26532
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28564
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28304
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018988
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1414
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28325
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28583
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3956
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10659
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28197
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28288
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28207
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27817
Scores
EPSS
0.0488
EPSS Percentile
89.7%
Details
Status
published
Products (12)
ethereal_group/ethereal
0.9.14
ethereal_group/ethereal
0.9.15
ethereal_group/ethereal
0.9.16
ethereal_group/ethereal
0.99.0
wireshark/wireshark
0.99
wireshark/wireshark
0.99.0
wireshark/wireshark
0.99.1
wireshark/wireshark
0.99.2
wireshark/wireshark
0.99.3
wireshark/wireshark
0.99.4
... and 2 more
Published
Nov 23, 2007
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026