CVE-2008-4682

Description

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.

References

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/32355

http://secunia.com/advisories/34144

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4462

http://securitytracker.com/id?1021069

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45505

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10955

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14705

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6622

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

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

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2872

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

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2