CVE-2008-3138 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark via malicious PANA or KISMET packets, causing a 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-2008-3138?
CVE-2008-3138 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 10 Jul 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The (1) PANA and (2) KISMET dissectors in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 through 1.0.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application stop) via unknown vectors.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3138?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Rpath Rpath Linux, Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3138?
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-2008-3138 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3138 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3138, GHSA-8qmr-c2vp-p9wp.