CVE-2008-3138

The (1) PANA and (2) KISMET dissectors in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 through 1.0.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application stop) via unknown vectors.

Published: 2008-07-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3138 is rated Moderate Risk (45.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.00%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3138

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 2.05% 1.00% -1.05%
2 2025-03-29 1.00% 2.05% +1.05%
3 2025-03-19 — 1.00% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3138

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3138

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-3138

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2008-3138 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wireshark), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3138
gentoo normal CVE-2008-3138: 1 GLSA(s) (200808-04), 1 atom(s) (net-analyzer/wireshark); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-3138
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3138
ubuntu low CVE-2008-3138 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (ethereal, wireshark), 24 status rows across 12 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): DNE 11, not-affected 9, ignored 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-3138

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2008-3138

  • Red Hat (2008-10-17T00:00:00)

    The affected version of Wireshark as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 were fixed via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3138

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rpath rpath_linux 1 cpe:2.3:a:rpath:rpath_linux:1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 0.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 0.99.2 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 0.99.3 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 0.99.4 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 0.99.5 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 0.99.6 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 0.99.7 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 0.99.8 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3138

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30886 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30942
http://secunia.com/advisories/31085
http://secunia.com/advisories/31378
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
http://secunia.com/advisories/32944
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-04.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020404
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0212
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1673
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493882/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30020
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1982/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-03.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43519
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10536
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14898
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00544.html
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