CVE-2008-3145 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark by sending fragmented packets with non-sequential offsets, causing a buffer over-read.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-3145?
CVE-2008-3145 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 16 Jul 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The fragment_add_work function in epan/reassemble.c in Wireshark 0.8.19 through 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a series of fragmented packets with non-sequential fragmentation offset values, which lead to a buffer over-read.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3145?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3145?
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-2008-3145 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3145 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3145, GHSA-fwqh-jqxf-956w.