Security readout for executives and security teams
This is a denial-of-service flaw in old Wireshark/Ethereal releases. A malformed RPC Portmap packet can crash the packet analyzer. The business impact is disruption to packet analysis or monitoring workflows, not evidence of data theft or remote system takeover in the provided sources. Exposure is most likely in legacy systems still running Wireshark/Ethereal 0.8.16 to 0.99.6 or old distribution packages. Systems analyzing untrusted packet captures or live traffic are the relevant concern. Treat this as a legacy hygiene issue unless vulnerable analyzers are still used in monitoring or incident-response workflows. Prioritize remediation where untrusted traffic or captures are processed. Mitigation focus: Inventory Wireshark, Ethereal, and tshark versions across endpoints and servers.; Upgrade affected installations according to Wireshark or operating-system vendor advisories.; Avoid analyzing untrusted packet captures with vulnerable versions..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- FEDORA-2007-4690CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11374CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- FEDORA-2007-4590CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
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