Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 23, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-6112
CVE-2007-6112
Description
Buffer overflow in the PPP dissector Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
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Affected products
3- Range: =0.99.6
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
25- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26532nvdPatch
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.htmlnvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/27777nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28197nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28288nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28304nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28207nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28325nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28564nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29048nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threadednvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3956nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14561nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9772nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00606.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00712.htmlnvd
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