PT-2008-4565 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Thomas · Published 2008-09-02 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-3146

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 versions 0.9.7 through 1.0.2

Description: The issue is related to multiple buffer overflows in the packet ncp2222.inc file, which can be triggered by a crafted NCP packet. This can cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, and potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code due to an invalid pointer being used.

Recommendations: For Wireshark versions 0.9.7 through 1.0.2, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent potential exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3146

DTSA-167-1

RHSA-2008:0890

RHSA-2008_0890

Affected Products

Red Hat

Wireshark

References · 41

• http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-17.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3146 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00715.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00713.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32028 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:199 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31886 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-3146 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2675 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31864 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-05.html · Vendor Advisory