CVE-2008-5285
First published: Mon Nov 24 2008(Updated: )
A security flaw was found in the Wireshark's SMTP dissector -- routines for SMTP packet disassembly. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via sending a large SMTP request to port 25. References: <a href="http://packetstormsecurity.org/0811-advisories/wireshark104-dos.txt">http://packetstormsecurity.org/0811-advisories/wireshark104-dos.txt</a> <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498562/30/0/threaded">http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498562/30/0/threaded</a> <a href="http://www.nabble.com/-SVRT-04-08--Vulnerability-in-WireShark-1.0.4-for-DoS-Attack-td20640164.html">http://www.nabble.com/-SVRT-04-08--Vulnerability-in-WireShark-1.0.4-for-DoS-Attack-td20640164.html</a> Proposed upstream patches: <a href="http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-smtp.c?r1=24989&r2=24988&pathrev=24989&view=patch">http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-smtp.c?r1=24989&r2=24988&pathrev=24989&view=patch</a> <a href="http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-smtp.c?r1=24994&r2=24993&pathrev=24994&view=patch">http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-smtp.c?r1=24994&r2=24993&pathrev=24994&view=patch</a>
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.99.8 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.10.3 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.9.10 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.99.3 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.9.14 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.10.6 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.99.0 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.10.4 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.8.16 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.10 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =1.0.1 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.10.14 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.9.8 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.8.19 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.9.5 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.10.1 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.10.9 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.10.7 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | <=1.0.4 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =1.0 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.10.8 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.99.6 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =1.0.2 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.99.2 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.99.1 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =1.0.3 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.10.2 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.10.13 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.10.12 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.10.10 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.10.5 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.99.5 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.10.11 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.7.9 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.99.4 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =1.0.0 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.99.6a | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.99 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.99.7 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.6 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =0.9.7 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065840.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32840
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021275
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/24/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472737
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4663
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-07.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:242
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32422
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3231
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11351
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498562/100/0/threaded
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0811-advisories/wireshark104-dos.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498562/30/0/threaded
- http://www.nabble.com/-SVRT-04-08--Vulnerability-in-WireShark-1.0.4-for-DoS-Attack-td20640164.html
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-smtp.c?r1=24989&r2=24988&pathrev=24989&view=patch
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-smtp.c?r1=24994&r2=24993&pathrev=24994&view=patch
- http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
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- version/wireshark wireshark/0.6
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