CVE-2008-1072

wireshark: TFTP dissector crash

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The TFTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.6.0 through 0.99.7, when running on Ubuntu 7.10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) via a malformed packet, possibly related to a Cairo library bug.

El TFTP dissector en Wireshark (antes Ethereal) de la v.0.6.0 a la v.0.99.7 ejecutado sobre Ubuntu 7.10, permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (caída o consumo de memoria) a través de un paquete defectuoso, posiblemente en relación al bug de la biblioteca Cairo.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-02-28 CVE Reserved
2008-02-28 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (25)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/29188	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29223	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29242	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29511	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29736	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32091	Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm	X_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0092	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488967/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28025	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019515	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0704	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773	Vdb Entry
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-01.html	X_refsource_confirm
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2296	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10188	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html	2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/29156	2018-10-11
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-32.xml	2018-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:057	2018-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html	2018-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1072	2008-10-01
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435483	2008-10-01

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"				0.6 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.6"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.7.9 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.7.9"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.8.16 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.8.16"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.9.10 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.9.10"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.10 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.10"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.10.4 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.10.4"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.10.13 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.10.13"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.3 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.3"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.4 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.4"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.5 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.5"		-		Affected
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"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.7 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.7"		-		Affected