Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark from The Wireshark Foundation
CVE-2007-6121

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Key Information:

Vendor: Ethereal Group
Status: Ethereal; Wireshark
Vendor: CVE Published:; 23 November 2007

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What is CVE-2007-6121?

An exploitable vulnerability exists in Wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, where remote attackers can cause a denial of service condition. This occurs when the application processes a malformed RPC Portmap packet, leading to a crash. Users of Wireshark versions 0.8.16 through 0.99.6 are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this risk.

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