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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-6450

Original release date:12/19/2007

Last revised:09/05/2008

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Static Link: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2007-6450

Overview

The RPL dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.8 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown vectors.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:5.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975

Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975

External Source: XF

Name: wireshark-rpl-dissector-dos(39186)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39186

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html

External Source: BID

Name: 27071