CVE-2007-3389 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark by sending a crafted HTTP response with chunked encoding, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-3389?
CVE-2007-3389 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 26 Jun 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Wireshark before 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted chunked encoding in an HTTP response, possibly related to a zero-length payload.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3389?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2007-3389?
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-2007-3389 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-3389 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-3389, GHSA-fmgx-grvc-558f.