CVE-2009-2561 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Unspecified vulnerability in the sFlow dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00526.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wireshark	Wireshark

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-2556	Unspecified vulnerability in the sFlow dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/35884
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35748
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1970
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5795
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2561

History

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2561

Thu, 22 May 2025 04:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2561 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2561

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-07-21T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:52:15.288Z

Reserved: 2009-07-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-2561

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-07-21T17:30:00.297

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-2561

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2009-07-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-2561 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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