CVE-2007-6112

Description

Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.17% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27777 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26532 vdb entry patch
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/28564 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28304 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14561 vdb entry signature
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018988 vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00712.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28325 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html vendor advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3956 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28197 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28288 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
http://secunia.com/advisories/28207 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00606.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9772 vdb entry signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-6112?
CVE-2007-6112 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-6112?
To fix CVE-2007-6112, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-6112 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-6112 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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