CVE-2008-5285

high

Description

Wireshark 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long SMTP request, which triggers an infinite loop.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11351

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472737

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-07.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3231

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021275

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32422

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498562/100/0/threaded

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

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/24/1

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:242

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

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

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4663

http://secunia.com/advisories/34144

http://secunia.com/advisories/32840

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065840.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-12-01

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0242