National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4682

Overview

wtap.c in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application abort) via a malformed Tamos CommView capture file (aka .ncf file) with an "unknown/unexpected packet type" that triggers a failed assertion.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/05/2009)

This issue has been addressed in Wireshark packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: BID

Name: 31838

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31838

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2926

Hyperlink:https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2926

External Source: XF

Name: wireshark-ncfpacket-dos(45505)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45505

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-06.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-06.html

External Source: BID

Name: 31468

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31468

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20081211 rPSA-2008-0336-1 tshark wireshark

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 6622

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6622

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:215

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:215

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2872

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2872

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336

External Source: MISC

Name: http://shinnok.evonet.ro/vulns_html/wireshark.html

Hyperlink:http://shinnok.evonet.ro/vulns_html/wireshark.html

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021069

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1021069

External Source: SREASON

Name: 4462

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4462

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32355

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32355