Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-5285 First vendor Publication 2008-12-01
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5285

CAPEC : Common Attack Pattern Enumeration & Classification

Id Name
CAPEC-3 Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters
CAPEC-7 Blind SQL Injection
CAPEC-8 Buffer Overflow in an API Call
CAPEC-9 Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities
CAPEC-10 Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
CAPEC-13 Subverting Environment Variable Values
CAPEC-14 Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
CAPEC-18 Embedding Scripts in Nonscript Elements
CAPEC-22 Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
CAPEC-24 Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
CAPEC-28 Fuzzing
CAPEC-31 Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies
CAPEC-32 Embedding Scripts in HTTP Query Strings
CAPEC-42 MIME Conversion
CAPEC-43 Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers
CAPEC-45 Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
CAPEC-46 Overflow Variables and Tags
CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
CAPEC-52 Embedding NULL Bytes
CAPEC-53 Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash
CAPEC-63 Simple Script Injection
CAPEC-64 Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic
CAPEC-66 SQL Injection
CAPEC-67 String Format Overflow in syslog()
CAPEC-71 Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic
CAPEC-72 URL Encoding
CAPEC-73 User-Controlled Filename
CAPEC-78 Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding
CAPEC-79 Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding
CAPEC-80 Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic
CAPEC-81 Web Logs Tampering
CAPEC-83 XPath Injection
CAPEC-85 Client Network Footprinting (using AJAX/XSS)
CAPEC-86 Embedding Script (XSS ) in HTTP Headers
CAPEC-88 OS Command Injection
CAPEC-91 XSS in IMG Tags
CAPEC-99 XML Parser Attack
CAPEC-101 Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
CAPEC-104 Cross Zone Scripting
CAPEC-106 Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
CAPEC-108 Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
CAPEC-109 Object Relational Mapping Injection
CAPEC-110 SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering
CAPEC-171 Variable Manipulation

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11351
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11351
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-5285
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26525
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26525
Title: Denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark via long SMTP request
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.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-5285
 Version: 4
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
 Product(s): Wireshark
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 47

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2009:0313 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_0313_wireshark_centos3_i386.nasl
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2009:0313 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_0313_wireshark_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-07-06 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200906-05 (wireshark)
File : nvt/glsa_200906_05.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for wireshark MDVSA-2008:242 (wireshark)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_242.nasl
2009-03-13 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:0313 (wireshark)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_0313.nasl
2009-03-07 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0313
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_0313.nasl
2009-01-20 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:001 (OpenSuSE 11.1)
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_001.nasl
2009-01-20 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:001 (OpenSuSE 11.0)
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_001a.nasl
2009-01-20 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:001 (OpenSuSE 10.3)
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_001b.nasl
2008-12-10 Name : wireshark -- SMTP Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability
File : nvt/freebsd_wireshark1.nasl
2008-12-04 Name : Wireshark SMTP Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability (Linux)
File : nvt/gb_wireshark_smtp_dos_vuln_lin.nasl
2008-12-04 Name : Wireshark SMTP Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability (Win)
File : nvt/gb_wireshark_smtp_dos_vuln_win.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
50069 Wireshark SMTP Dissector Packet Handling Infinite Loop DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0313.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090304_wireshark_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_wireshark-081220.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_wireshark-081220.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_1_wireshark-090107.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-01 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200906-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-242.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-03-05 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-0313.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-03-05 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-0313.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-26 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_wireshark-5886.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-08 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_baece347c48911dda7210030843d3802.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065840.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32840
http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4663
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-2008:242
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/24/1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498562/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32422
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021275
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3231
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-07.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472737
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
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