National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3141
Original release date:07/10/2008
Last revised:08/20/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Unspecified vulnerability in the RMI dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.5 through 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to read system memory via unspecified vectors.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
- Official Statement from Red Hat (10/17/2008)
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The 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
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External Source: BID
Name: 30020
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: wireshark-rmi-information-disclosure(43520)
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-03.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0890
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2773
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1982
Type: Advisory
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1673
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200808-04
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32944
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32091
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31687
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31378
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30886
Type: Advisory
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2008:017