CVE-2007-6439

Published: 19 December 2007

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
wireshark Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Does not exist
	edgy	Ignored (end of life, was needed)
	feisty	Ignored (end of life, was needed)
	gutsy	Released (0.99.6rel-3ubuntu0.2)
	hardy	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Released (0.99.7)

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6439
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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