| Name | CVE-2008-4682 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium |
| Debian Bugs | 503589 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wireshark (PTS) | stretch | 2.6.7-1~deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.6.20-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 2.6.20-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye, sid | 3.4.3-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[etch] - wireshark <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present, introduced in 0.99.7)