CVE-2008-1561

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.5 through 0.99.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet to the (1) X.509sat or (2) Roofnet dissectors. NOTE: Vector 2 might also lead to a hang.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 8.10% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622	third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490487/100/0/threaded	mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15089	signature vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29695	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:091	vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-05.xml	vendor advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0138
http://secunia.com/advisories/29971	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485	vdb entry exploit
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/32091	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29736	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773	vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019728	vdb entry
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-02.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41514	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1007/references	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29569	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2418
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9315	signature vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41515	vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1561?: CVE-2008-1561 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1561?: To fix CVE-2008-1561, 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-2008-1561 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2008-1561 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.