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CVE-2007-6121

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.8.16 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malfor

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.8.16 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed RPC Portmap packet.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.02848
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

2
ethereal group etherealall versions
wiresharkall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

5
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD23 Nov 2007 · 08:46 PM
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Vendor Advisories

2
rhsaRHSA-2008:0058Low
rhsaRHSA-2008:0059Low
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References & Sources

28
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27777Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27817Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28197Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28207Vendor Advisory
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