Out-of-Bounds Affecting wireshark package, versions <1.0.6-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.03% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WIRESHARK-1562397
  • published16 Feb 2009
  • disclosed16 Feb 2009

Introduced: 16 Feb 2009

CVE-2009-0599  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wireshark to version 1.0.6-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in wiretap/netscreen.c in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed NetScreen snoop file.

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