CVE-2008-4682 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-4682
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Description: wtap.c in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application abort) via a malformed Tamos CommView capture file (aka .ncf file) with an "unknown/unexpected packet type" that triggers a failed assertion.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45505 ST 1021069 SREASON http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4462 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA32355 MISC http://shinnok.evonet.ro/vulns_html/wireshark.html MILW0RM http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6622 MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:215 CONFIRM http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-06.html http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336 BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded BID 31838 31468

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