CVE-2008-1562

Description

The LDAP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 0.99.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5740.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 42.19% Top 5%
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
Published at:
Updated at:

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://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14549 signature vdb entry
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
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/41516 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%3A9318 signature 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-2008-1562?
CVE-2008-1562 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1562?
To fix CVE-2008-1562, 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-2008-1562 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1562 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~42% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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