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    CVE-2007-6439

    Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.

    Published:Dec 18, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 19, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.01346
    CVSS Score:6.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Wireshark
    Product
    Wireshark

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27777
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28288
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28304
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28325
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28564
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29048
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27071
    http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39180
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39181
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10331
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15002
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27777
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28288
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28304
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28325
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28564
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29048
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27071
    http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39180
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39181
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10331
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15002

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High