MEDIUM
wireshark: crash in X.509sat and Roofnet dissectors
Published Mar 31, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.94%
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.5 through 0.99.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet to the (1) X.509sat or (2) Roofnet dissectors. NOTE: Vector 2 might also lead to a hang.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
wireshark-0:1.0.3-EL3.3
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0890
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
wireshark-0:1.0.3-3.el4_7
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0890
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
wireshark-0:1.0.3-4.el5_2
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0890
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | wireshark-0:1.0.3-EL3.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0890 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | wireshark-0:1.0.3-3.el4_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0890 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | wireshark-0:1.0.3-4.el5_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0890 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
8.94% 0.08943
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.08943
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.94% (0.08943) | 95.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.94% (0.08943) | 94.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 7.58% (0.07580) | 91.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 13.96% (0.13959) | 90.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.58% (0.07580) | 91.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 2, 2025 | 9.21% (0.09208) | 94.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 26, 2024 | 8.15% (0.08153) | 94.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 5.15% (0.05153) | 92.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.34% (0.02342) | 90.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 15, 2023 | 2.40% (0.02395) | 88.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 10, 2023 | 2.52% (0.02523) | 88.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.90% (0.01904) | 86.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (29)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29569 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
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- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-02.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1561 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440014 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41514 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41515 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2418 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1561
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15089 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9315 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1561
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 31, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 31, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1561
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a