The "decode as" feature in packet-bssap.c in the SCCP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 through 0.99.8 allows remote…

Description

The "decode as" feature in packet-bssap.c in the SCCP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 through 0.99.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.8% · top 10% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (24)

• 29622 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0890 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 20080404 rPSA-2008-0138-1 tshark wireshark (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-3040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• wireshark-sccp-dissector-dos(41517) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 29695 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:091 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• GLSA-200805-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10238 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0138 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 29971 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28485 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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
• 1019728 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15074 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-02.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1007 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 29569 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2418 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-2941 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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, 08:24 UTC.