CVE-2008-3138 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 0.99.3 through 1.0.0, specifically within the PANA and KISMET dissectors. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause the Wireshark application to stop. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, indicating a low attack complexity and no confidentiality or integrity impact, but a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rpath:rpath_linux:1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.99.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.99.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.99.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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