CVE-2007-6439

Description

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.88% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.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
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15002 vdb entry signature
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.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html
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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39180 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10331 vdb entry signature
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
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39181 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27071 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28288 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-6439?
CVE-2007-6439 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-6439?
To fix CVE-2007-6439, 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-2007-6439 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2007-6439 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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