CVE-2008-3934 (GCVE-0-2008-3934)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-04 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:00
VLAI
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 through 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Tektronix .rf5 file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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http://secunia.com/advisories/31886 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32028 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-09-03 00:00
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            "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00715.html"
          }
        ],
        "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com",
        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "CWE-20"
              },
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "NVD-CWE-noinfo"
              }
            ],
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary"
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        ]
      }
    },
    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Low",
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T13:15:02+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2008-3934",
      "id": "CVE-2008-3934",
      "initial_release_date": "2008-09-03T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "200",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "wireshark: crash via crafted Tektronix .rf5 file",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2008/cve-2008-3934.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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