CVE-2008-4682 Information

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.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/32355 http://secunia.com/advisories/34144 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4462 http://securitytracker.com/id?1021069 http://shinnok.evonet.ro/vulns_html/wireshark.html http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:215 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31468 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31838 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2872 http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-06.html https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2926 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45505 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10955 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A14705 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6622