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CVE-2007-6112

wireshark ppp flaws

Severity Score

9.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Desbordamiento de buffer en el PPP dissector Wireshark (formalmente Ethereal) que permite que atacantes remotos provoquen una denegación de servicio (por caída), y que posiblmente ejecuten código de su elección a través de vectores desconocidos.

Multiple buffer overflows and infinite loops were discovered in multiple dissector and parser components, including those for MP3 and NCP (CVE-2007-6111), PPP (CVE-2007-6112), DNP (CVE-2007-6113), SSL and iSeries (OS/400) Communication traces (CVE-2007-6114), ANSI MAP (CVE-2007-6115), Firebird/Interbase (CVE-2007-6116), HTTP (CVE-2007-6117), MEGACO (CVE-2007-6118), DCP ETSI (CVE-2007-6119), Bluetooth SDP (CVE-2007-6120), RPC Portmap (CVE-2007-6121), SMB (CVE-2007-6438), IPv6 amd USB (CVE-2007-6439), WiMAX (CVE-2007-6441), RPL (CVE-2007-6450), CIP (CVE-2007-6451). The vulnerabilities were discovered by Stefan Esser, Beyond Security, Fabiodds, Peter Leeming, Steve and ainsley. Versions less than 0.99.7 are affected.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2007-11-23 CVE Reserved
  • 2007-11-23 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CAPEC
References (27)
URL Tag Source
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958 X_refsource_misc
http://secunia.com/advisories/28207 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28325 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28564 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048 Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018988 Vdb Entry
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004 X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded Mailing List
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3956 Vdb Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975 X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14561 Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9772 Signature
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26532 2018-10-15
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html 2018-10-15
URL Date SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html 2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/27777 2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28197 2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28288 2018-10-15
http://secunia.com/advisories/28304 2018-10-15
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml 2018-10-15
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001 2018-10-15
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1 2018-10-15
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html 2018-10-15
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00606.html 2018-10-15
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00712.html 2018-10-15
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6112 2008-01-21
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=397271 2008-01-21
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Wireshark
Search vendor "Wireshark"
 Wireshark
Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"
 0.99.6
Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.6"
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Affected