CVE-2008-1562

Wireshark 0.99.8 - LDAP Dissector Denial of Service

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The LDAP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 0.99.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5740.

El analizador LDAP en Wireshark (anteriormente Ethereal) de 0.99.2 a 0.99.8 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (caída de aplicación) a través de un paquete mal formado, una vulnerabilidad distinta a CVE-2006-5740.

*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

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-03-28 First Exploit
2008-03-31 CVE Reserved
2008-03-31 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (27)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29695	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29736	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29971	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-2008-0138	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490487/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019728	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1007/references	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773	Vdb Entry
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-02.html	X_refsource_confirm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41516	Vdb Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2418	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14549	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9318	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31553	2008-03-28

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html	2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/29569	2018-10-11
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-05.xml	2018-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:091	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-2008-1562	2008-10-01
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440015	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"				0.99.2 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
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.8 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.8"		-		Affected