CVE-2008-4685

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the dissect_q931_cause_ie function in packet-q931.c in the Q.931 dissector in Wireshark 0.10.3 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or abort) via certain packets that trigger an exception.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.10% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/32355 patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-06.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34144 third party advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2870
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31838 patch vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32944 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2872 vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:215 vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021069 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1673 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10788 signature vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-4685?
CVE-2008-4685 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-4685?
To fix CVE-2008-4685, 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-2008-4685 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-4685 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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