Improper Input Validation Affecting wireshark package, versions <1.0.3-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WIRESHARK-1562596
  • published4 Sept 2008
  • disclosed4 Sept 2008

Introduced: 4 Sep 2008

CVE-2008-3933  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wireshark to version 1.0.3-1 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.

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.14 through 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a packet with crafted zlib-compressed data that triggers an invalid read in the tvb_uncompress function.

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