CVE-2008-4682

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2008-10-01
Bugzilla:
468169: CVE-2008-4682 wireshark: DoS (app abort) via a malformed .ncf file with an unknown/unexpected packet type

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

wtap.c in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application abort) via a malformed Tamos CommView capture file (aka .ncf file) with an "unknown/unexpected packet type" that triggers a failed assertion.

Find out more about CVE-2008-4682 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue has been addressed in Wireshark packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (wireshark) RHSA-2009:0313 2009-03-04
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (wireshark) RHSA-2009:0313 2009-03-04
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (wireshark) RHSA-2009:0313 2009-03-04

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