Ethereal 0.10.1/0.10.2/0.10.3 SPNEGO Dissector null pointer dereference

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A vulnerability was found in Ethereal 0.10.1/0.10.2/0.10.3 (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component SPNEGO Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The SPNEGO dissector in Ethereal 0.9.8 to 0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown attack vectors that cause a null pointer dereference.

The bug was discovered 05/13/2004. The weakness was shared 08/18/2004 by Martin (Website). The advisory is shared at distro.conectiva.com.br. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0506 since 06/01/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 97 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12645 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16151) and Tenable (12645). The entries 22127, 22128, 22130 and 22554 are related to this item.

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 12645
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OpenVAS ID: 52433
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: ethereal, ethereal-lite, tethereal, tethereal-lite
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Advisory: distro.conectiva.com.br
Researcher: Martin
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-0506 (🔍)
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X-Force: 16151
SecurityTracker: 1010158
Vulnerability Center: 21883 - Wireshark (Ethereal) 0.9.8 - 0.10.3 SPNEGO Dissector Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 10347 - Ethereal Multiple Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 11608
OSVDB: 6938 - CVE-2004-0506 - Ethereal - Denial-Of-Service Issue

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Created: 04/14/2015 13:17
Updated: 06/30/2021 08:36
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:17 (74), 09/02/2019 16:51 (3), 06/30/2021 08:36 (3)
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