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CVE-2008-1561 Details

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.5 through 0.99.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet to the (1) X.509sat or (2) Roofnet dissectors. NOTE: Vector 2 might also lead to a hang.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29569	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29695	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29736	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29971	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32091	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41514	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41515	CVE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2418	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15089	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9315	CVE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html	CVE
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0138	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-05.xml	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:091	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490487/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485	CVE	Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019728	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1007/references	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773	CVE
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-02.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29569	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29695	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29736	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29971	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32091	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41514	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41515	[email protected]
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2418	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15089	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9315	[email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html	[email protected]
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0138	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-05.xml	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:091	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490487/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019728	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1007/references	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773	[email protected]
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-02.html	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wireshark wireshark	0.99.2 0.99.3 0.99.4 0.99.5 0.99.6
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.8:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

wireshark wireshark

0.99.2

0.99.3

0.99.4

0.99.5

0.99.6

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 1, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]