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MEDIUM
CVE-2007-6438
Wireshark SMB Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP, but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 19, 2007, 10:46 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-6438 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Wireshark wireshark
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-6438.

URL Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27777 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28288 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28304 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28325 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28564 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27071
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39178
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11785
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14734
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/27777 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28288 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28304 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28325 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28564 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29048 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27071
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39178
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11785
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14734

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-6438 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27777
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28288
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28304
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28325
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28564
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29048
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml
    Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27071
    Added Reference http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39178
    Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11785
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14734
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP, but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111. Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP, but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP, but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111. Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP, but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 15, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11785 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14734 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14734 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11785 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39178 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39178 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 20, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.42 }} -3.64%

score

0.83684

percentile

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