5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2009-0599
Wireshark NetScreen Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
Description

Buffer overflow in wiretap/netscreen.c in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed NetScreen snoop file.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 16, 2009, 8:30 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-2009-0599 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-2009-0599.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/51815
http://secunia.com/advisories/33872 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
http://secunia.com/advisories/34264
http://secunia.com/advisories/34344
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=2590 Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14732
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9677
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00652.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/51815
http://secunia.com/advisories/33872 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
http://secunia.com/advisories/34264
http://secunia.com/advisories/34344
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=2590 Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14732
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9677
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00652.html

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-0599 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-0599 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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/51815
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33872
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34144
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34264
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34344
    Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-082.htm
    Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0040
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33690
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021697
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0370
    Added Reference http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html
    Added Reference https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=2590
    Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2984
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14732
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9677
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00652.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Oct. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/501763/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501763/100/0/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:9677 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14732 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9677 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14732 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 17, 2009

    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.

2.27 }} -3.44%

score

0.83172

percentile

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