Bug 427252 – CVE-2007-6441 wireshark WiMAX dissector possible crash

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Bug 427252 - (CVE-2007-6441) CVE-2007-6441 wireshark WiMAX dissector possible crash

Summary:	CVE-2007-6441 wireshark WiMAX dissector possible crash

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2007-6441

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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URL:	http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
Whiteboard:	source=vendorsec,reported=20071218,pu...
Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	397381 397391 397401 397411 833988
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Reported:	2008-01-02 08:44 EST by Tomas Hoger
Modified:	2012-06-20 10:40 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2008-07-25 04:51:36 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2008:0058	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: wireshark security update	2008-01-21 03:40:44 EST

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Description Tomas Hoger 2008-01-02 08:44:29 EST

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2007-6441 to the following vulnerability:

The WiMAX dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors related to "unaligned access on some platforms."

References:

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html

Comment 2 Red Hat Product Security 2008-07-25 04:51:36 EDT

This issue was addressed in:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html

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