CVE-2008-4684

Wireshark 0.99.2-1.0.3 - Denial of Service via Post Dissector Exception Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (16)

Core 16
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32355
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-06.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31838
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32944
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14767
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2872
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10223
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:215
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021069
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1673

Scores

EPSS 0.0105
EPSS Percentile 77.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (13)
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.2
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.3
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.4
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.5
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.6
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.6a
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.7
wireshark/wireshark 0.99.8
wireshark/wireshark 1.0
wireshark/wireshark 1.0.0
... and 3 more
Published Oct 22, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026