CVE-2008-5285

Wireshark < 1.0.4 - Denial of Service via Long SMTP Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (17)

Core 17
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:242
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32422
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4663
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021275
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/24/1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3231
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11351
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32840
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472737
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-07.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498562/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0242
EPSS Percentile 85.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (41)
wireshark/wireshark 0.6
wireshark/wireshark 0.7.9
wireshark/wireshark 0.8.16
wireshark/wireshark 0.8.19
wireshark/wireshark 0.9.5
wireshark/wireshark 0.9.7
wireshark/wireshark 0.9.8
wireshark/wireshark 0.9.10
wireshark/wireshark 0.9.14
wireshark/wireshark 0.10
... and 31 more
Published Dec 01, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026