CVE-2008-1070

Description

The SCTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.5 through 0.99.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed packet.

How to fix CVE-2008-1070

To remediate CVE-2008-1070, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 0.99.8-1 or later

Is CVE-2008-1070 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 0.99.8-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1070