Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-1561
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.5 through 0.99.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet to the (1) X.509sat or (2) Roofnet dissectors. NOTE: Vector 2 might also lead to a hang.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1561
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 2.40%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 89 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-1561
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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NIST |
Vendor statements for CVE-2008-1561
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Red Hat 2008-10-17The affected version of Wireshark as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 were fixed via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1007/references
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485
Exploit
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-02.html
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2418
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0138
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41514
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41515
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:091
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-05.xml
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15089
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9315
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019728
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490487/100/0/threaded
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*