CVE-2009-4378 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Wireshark on Windows by sending a crafted IPMI packet, 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-4378?
CVE-2009-4378 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 21 Dec 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The IPMI dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted packet, related to "formatting a date/time using strftime."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-4378?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2009-4378?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-4378 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2009-4378 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4378 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qm85-wjm8-m9v8.