CVE-2008-1561 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark by sending malformed packets to X.509sat or Roofnet dissectors, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-1561?
CVE-2008-1561 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 31 Mar 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1561?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1561?
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-2008-1561 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-1561 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1561, GHSA-xmvh-m2j6-pff4.