Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 10, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-3140
CVE-2008-3140
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."
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Affected products
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Vulnerability mechanics
References
16- secunia.com/advisories/30886nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31378nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31687nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30942nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31085nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-04.xmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0212nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493882/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30020nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1982/referencesnvd
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-03.htmlnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43518nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14700nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00544.htmlnvd
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