National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3934
Original release date:09/04/2008
Last revised:08/20/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Unspecified vulnerability in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 through 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Tektronix .rf5 file.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
6.5
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Local network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
**NOTE: Access Complexity scored Low due to insufficient information
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-05.html
Type: Patch Information
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-7894
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-7936
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2493
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020819
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080917 rPSA-2008-0278-1 tshark wireshark
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0890
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:199
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2773
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0278
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200809-17
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32091
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32028
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31886
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31864