CVE-2008-3140 (GCVE-0-2008-3140)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-07-10 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The syslog dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors, possibly related to an "incomplete SS7 MSU syslog encapsulated packet."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
16 references
Date Public
2008-06-30 00:00
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