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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2009-1268 json

The Check Point High-Availability Protocol (CPHAP) dissector in Wireshark 0.9.6 through 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

published 2009-04-13 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1267

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Check Point High-Availability Protocol (CPHAP) dissector in Wireshark 0.9.6 through 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted FWHA_MY_STATE packet.

Patch / fix

  • wireshark Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1268

  • wireshark RHEL 3 1.0.8-EL3.1
  • wireshark RHEL 4 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1
  • wireshark RHEL 5 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 3 1.0.8-EL3.1
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 4 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1
  • wireshark-gnome RHEL 5 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1100

  • wireshark openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.2.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-1268 updated cvss 3.3

Wireshark CHAP dissector crash

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 wireshark 1.0.8-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.8-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) wireshark 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 wireshark 1.0.8-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.8-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 wireshark 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) wireshark 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 wireshark 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1
    +5 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) wireshark 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 wireshark 1.0.8-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.8-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 wireshark 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 wireshark 1.0.8-EL3.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.8-EL3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 wireshark 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1, wireshark-gnome 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1100

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Exploit prediction

1.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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