CVE-2008-3138

Description

The (1) PANA and (2) KISMET dissectors in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 through 1.0.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application stop) via unknown vectors.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.00% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/30886 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30942 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00544.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1982/references vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 third party advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-03.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-04.xml vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14898 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/32091 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493882/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773 vdb entry
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0212
http://secunia.com/advisories/32944 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30020 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31378 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43519 vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020404 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10536 vdb entry signature
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1673 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31085 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-3138?
CVE-2008-3138 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-3138?
To fix CVE-2008-3138, 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-2008-3138 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-3138 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. 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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