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."
Published: 2008-07-10
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 5.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-3130 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."
History

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Wireshark Wireshark
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:28:41.447Z

Reserved: 2008-07-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3140

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-07-10T23:41:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3140

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-06-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-3140 - Bugzilla

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