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CVE-2008-5285

Date: December 1, 2008

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.

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (19)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498562/100/0/threaded

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11351

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021275

Url: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0336

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/34144

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472737

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32840

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:242

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3231

Url: http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4663

Url: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-07.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5285

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32422

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/24/1

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm

Url: http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065840.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499154/100/0/threaded

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-5285

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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