CVE-2009-1829

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the PCNFSD dissector in Wireshark 0.8.20 through 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted PCNFSD packets.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.42% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com Vendor Advisory wireshark.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0095
http://secunia.com/advisories/37477	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50686	vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01213.html	vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01167.html	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:125	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35464	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1100.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022274	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35081	patch vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9270	signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/35201	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1408	patch vendor advisory vdb entry
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-03.html	patch vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/54629	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/35248	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1942	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35224	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1829?: CVE-2009-1829 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1829?: To fix CVE-2009-1829, 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-2009-1829 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2009-1829 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.