# CVE-2008-3140: The syslog dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unk

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2008-07-10 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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."

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/30886
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30942
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00544.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1982/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-03.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-04.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493882/100/0/threaded
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0212
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14700
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30020
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31378
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43518
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020404
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31085
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32006

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