CVE-2007-6119

Description

The DCP ETSI dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop and resource consumption) via unknown vectors.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.77% Top 15%

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Affected: n/a n/a

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 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26532	vdb entry patch
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28564	third party advisory vendor 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%3A9880	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 vendor 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
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14721	vdb entry signature
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
http://secunia.com/advisories/28207	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00606.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-6119?: CVE-2007-6119 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-6119?: To fix CVE-2007-6119, 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-2007-6119 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-6119 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.