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

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Ethereal Group

Status
Ethereal
Wireshark
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 November 2007

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.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/27777
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https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975
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http://secunia.com/advisories/29048
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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