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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-6439: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-6439: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/19/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-analyzer-wireshark

References

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