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title: "CVE-2007-6438\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-6438

Publication date 19 December 2007

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly
Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via
unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP,
but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wireshark | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 0.99.6rel-3ubuntu0.2 |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6438)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6438)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-6438)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6438)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6438>