PT-2007-7011 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Published 2007-11-23 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2007-6112

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark version 0.99.6

Description A buffer overflow issue in the PPP dissector of Wireshark allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to a crash, and may also enable the execution of arbitrary code through unknown vectors.

Recommendations For Wireshark version 0.99.6, update to a newer version that addresses this issue to prevent potential exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-6112

DTSA-92-1

RHSA-2008:0058

RHSA-2008_0058

Affected Products

Red Hat

Wireshark

References · 46

• http://secunia.com/advisories/28288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6112 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28197 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-6112 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6112 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/26532 · Patch
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6112 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00712.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00606.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28304 · Vendor Advisory