CVE-2008-5285 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-5285
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Description: Wireshark 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long SMTP request, which triggers an infinite loop.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: ST 1021275 SREASON http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4663 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA32840 MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/24/1 MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:242 FULLDISC http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065840.html CONFIRM http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-07.html http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336 BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498562/100/0/threaded BID 32422

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