PT-2008-1015 · Wireshark+1 · Ethereal+2

Published 2008-04-16 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2009-1268

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 0.9.6 through 1.0.6 tethereal (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to a crash. Exploitation of the vulnerabilities may compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. The vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 0.9.6 through 1.0.6, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For tethereal, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-01453

CVE-2009-1268

DSA-1785-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

RHSA-2009:1100

RHSA-2009_1100

Affected Products

Red Hat

Wireshark

Ethereal

References · 306

• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1785 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1268 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1829 · Security Note
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:088 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3829 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1268 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1268 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-1268 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3241 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01167.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-02.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2560 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-01453 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01213.html · Vendor Advisory