Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 19, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-6439
CVE-2007-6439
Description
Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.
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References
21- secunia.com/advisories/27777nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28288nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28304nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28325nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28564nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29048nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xmlnvd
- 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.securityfocus.com/bid/27071nvd
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.htmlnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39180nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39181nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10331nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15002nvd
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