Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2008-6472 affects older Wireshark releases. A malicious or malformed WLCCP packet or capture could make Wireshark hang in an infinite loop, disrupting analysis workstations rather than directly compromising servers. Exposure is most likely on analyst workstations, security monitoring systems, or servers running affected Wireshark packages and processing untrusted network traffic or packet captures. Treat as a targeted operational risk to security tooling. Prioritize remediation where Wireshark handles untrusted captures or live traffic, especially in SOC and incident response environments. Mitigation focus: Identify and remove Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.4 installations.; Update Wireshark using vendor-supported packages or guidance.; Avoid opening untrusted captures on affected Wireshark versions..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6223CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
- wireshark-wlccp-dos(47292)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9629CVE reference · vdb-entry, signature
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