CVE-2007-6441

Description

The WiMAX dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors related to "unaligned access on some platforms."

Category

3.3
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.76% 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 Vendor Advisory wireshark.org
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 vendor advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28564 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39183 vdb entry
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
http://secunia.com/advisories/28325 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14126 vdb entry signature
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://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10452 vdb entry signature
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-2007-6441?
CVE-2007-6441 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-6441?
To fix CVE-2007-6441, 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-2007-6441 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2007-6441 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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