Bug 490370 (CVE-2008-6472)

Summary:	CVE-2008-6472 wireshark: DoS vulnerability in WLCCP dissector
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Vincent Danen <vdanen>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2008-6472
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Description Vincent Danen 2009-03-15 19:46:53 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-6472 to
the following vulnerability:

Name: CVE-2008-6472
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6472
Assigned: 20090314
Reference: CONFIRM: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-07.html
Reference: MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2008:242
Reference: URL: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:242
Reference: SECUNIA:32840
Reference: URL: http://secunia.com/advisories/32840
Reference: XF:wireshark-wlccp-dos(47292)
Reference: URL: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47292

The WLCCP dissector in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.4 allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified
vectors.

Comment 1 Vincent Danen 2009-03-15 19:50:40 UTC

This was corrected in RHSA-2009:0313 (rebase to 1.0.6).