CVE-2007-0456 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via the LLT dissector, causing a denial of service for users analyzing network traffic.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2007-0456?

CVE-2007-0456 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 2 Feb 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the LLT dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 and 0.99.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0456?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0456?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2007-0456 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0456 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Wireshark Wireshark vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0456, GHSA-gf86-2rm8-p798.

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