CVE-2008-1072 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Wireshark via malformed TFTP packets, leading to application crashes or excessive memory consumption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-1072?
CVE-2008-1072 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 28 Feb 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The TFTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.6.0 through 0.99.7, when running on Ubuntu 7.10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) via a malformed packet, possibly related to a Cairo library bug.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1072?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1072?
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-2008-1072 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1072 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1072, GHSA-whmj-wvpf-4c6j.