Security readout for executives and security teams
This issue can crash vulnerable Wireshark or Ethereal packet-analysis software when it processes a specially crafted LDAP packet. The business impact is analyst workstation or monitoring disruption, not reported data theft or code execution. Exposure is most relevant where old Wireshark 0.99.3 builds remain installed. Likely exposure is limited to legacy systems running Wireshark or Ethereal 0.99.3, especially analyst desktops, capture-processing servers, or security monitoring tools that inspect LDAP traffic or untrusted packet captures. Treat as a legacy hygiene issue with moderate operational risk. Prioritize remediation where old packet-analysis systems handle untrusted traffic, support incident response, or run in monitoring pipelines. Mitigation focus: Inventory Wireshark and Ethereal installations for version 0.99.3.; Follow Wireshark and operating-system vendor advisories for supported upgrade guidance.; Retire or isolate systems that must keep the affected version temporarily..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- wireshark-ldap-dos(29841)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9482CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14679CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
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