The TFTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.6.0 through 0.99.7, when running on Ubuntu 7.10, allows remote attackers to cause a…

Description

The TFTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.6.0 through 0.99.7, when running on Ubuntu 7.10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) via a malformed packet, possibly related to a Cairo library bug.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.72% · top 46% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (23)

• GLSA-200803-32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0890 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-3040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 29188 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10188 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 29242 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29511 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 20080229 rPSA-2008-0092-1 tshark wireshark (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 1019515 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0092 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 32091 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29736 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-2773 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2296 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0704 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 28025 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:057 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 29156 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-2941 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 29223 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:08 UTC.