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    CVE-2008-1561

    Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.5 through 0.99.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet to the (1) X.509sat or (2) Roofnet dissectors. NOTE: Vector 2 might also lead to a hang.

    Published:Mar 28, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Mar 31, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.081
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Wireshark
    Product
    Wireshark

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31552

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29569
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29695
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29736
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29971
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0138
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-05.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:091
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490487/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019728
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1007/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
    http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-02.html
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41514
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41515
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2418
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15089
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9315
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29569
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29695
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29736
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29971
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0138
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-05.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:091
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490487/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019728
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1007/references
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
    http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-02.html
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41514
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41515
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2418
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15089
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9315
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html

    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