CVE-2008-3932 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 4 Sep 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Attackers can cause a denial of service in Wireshark by sending a crafted NCP packet that triggers an infinite loop.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2008-3932?

CVE-2008-3932 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 4 Sep 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.7 through 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a crafted NCP packet that triggers an infinite loop.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3932?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3932?

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-2008-3932 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3932 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Wireshark Wireshark vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3932, GHSA-4xjr-qxq2-fwg7.