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CVE-2007-6441

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2007-12-19 wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2007-6441
Phase Assigned(20071219)

Description

The WiMAX dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors related to "unaligned access on some platforms."

References

Source Reference
BUGTRAQ 20080103 rPSA-2008-0004-1 tshark wireshark
MISC http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
CONFIRM http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html
CONFIRM http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
CONFIRM https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975
GENTOO GLSA-200712-23
MANDRIVA MDVSA-2008:001
MANDRIVA MDVSA-2008:1
REDHAT RHSA-2008:0058
SUSE SUSE-SR:2008:004
BID 27071
OVAL oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10452
OVAL oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14126
SECUNIA 28288
SECUNIA 27777
SECUNIA 28304
SECUNIA 28325
SECUNIA 28564
SECUNIA 29048
XF wireshark-wimax-dissector-dos(39183)