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CVE-2008-3138

Published: Jul 10, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-200
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.0%
Top 21.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

The (1) PANA and (2) KISMET dissectors in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 through 1.0.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application stop) via unknown vectors.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-200NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

rpath
commercialaka rpath linux appliance platform agent
rpath linuxMixed
Operating Systems / linux-distro
wireshark
oss-project·US
wiresharkOn-premDesktop App
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30886
secunia.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/30942
secunia.com
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