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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Ethereal up to 0.9.9 (Packet Analyzer Software). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component NTLMSSP Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Heap-based buffer overflow in the NTLMSSP code for Ethereal 0.9.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.
The weakness was released 04/02/2003 by Ethereal Group with Ethereal (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-0159 since 03/21/2003. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14035 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ethereal (MDKSA-2003:051)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115007 (Red Hat Ethereal Multiple Security Vulnerabilities).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11498) and Tenable (14035). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 102, 20200, 20509 and 20510.
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Class: Heap-based overflowCWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 14035
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ethereal (MDKSA-2003:051)
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Timeline
03/07/2003 🔍03/08/2003 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔Researcher: Ethereal Group
Organization: Ethereal
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2003-0159 (🔍)
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X-Force: 11498
Vulnerability Center: 6715 - DoS in Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8, 0.8.18, 0.9 - 0.9.9 via NTLMSSP Dissectors, Medium
SecurityFocus: 7050 - Ethereal NTLMSSP Dissector Heap Corruption Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 08/08/2014 12:39Updated: 05/28/2019 21:12
Changes: 08/08/2014 12:39 (70), 05/28/2019 21:12 (5)
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