CVE-2007-6439

Wireshark 0.99.6 - Denial of Service via IPv6 or USB Dissector

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.

References (21)

Core 21
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15002
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
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_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39180
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10331
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
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39181
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27071
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

Scores

EPSS 0.0135
EPSS Percentile 80.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (1)
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.6
Published Dec 19, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026