CVE-2007-6438

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    CVE-2007-6438

    Published: 19 Dec 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP, but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111.

    References: 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://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html, http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004, 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/39178, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11785, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14734

    Affected packages

    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