Bug 490370 (CVE-2008-6472) - CVE-2008-6472 wireshark: DoS vulnerability in WLCCP dissector
Summary: CVE-2008-6472 wireshark: DoS vulnerability in WLCCP dissector
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2008-6472
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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URL: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/det...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-03-15 19:46 UTC by Vincent Danen
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:29 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-03-16 09:41:14 UTC
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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).
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