CVE-2009-0599

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.

How to fix CVE-2009-0599

To remediate CVE-2009-0599, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 1.0.6-1 or later

Is CVE-2009-0599 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 1.0.6-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0599