CVE-2008-5285
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-01 15:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 73bcb4a42c094c98eb18f5a401113a8b14a18c0a91dcd0657e213a9937ef34a8
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20081211 rPSA-2008-0336-1 tshark wiresharkhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:242http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:242
- www.securityfocus.com32422http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32422
- securityreason.com4663http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4663
- lists.grok.org.uk20081122 [SVRT-04-08] Vulnerability in WireShark 1.0.4 for DoS Attackhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065840.html
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336
- www.securitytracker.com1021275http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021275
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081124 CVE Request -- wiresharkhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/24/1
- secunia.com34144http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-3231http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3231
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11351https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11351
- secunia.com32840http://secunia.com/advisories/32840
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472737
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0313http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
- www.wireshark.orghttp://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-07.html
- www.securityfocus.com20081122 [SVRT-04-08] Vulnerability in WireShark 1.0.4 for DoS Attackhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498562/100/0/threaded
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 1.0.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 1.0.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 1.0.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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