CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in Ethereal up to 0.10.7 (Packet Analyzer Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component HTTP Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
The HTTP dissector in Ethereal 0.10.1 through 0.10.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain packet that causes the dissector to access previously-freed memory.
The bug was discovered 12/15/2004. The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared at distro.conectiva.com.br. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1141 since 12/06/2004. 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 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19163 (FreeBSD : ethereal -- multiple vulnerabilities (efa1344b-5477-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18487) and Tenable (19163). The entries 22129, 22554, 22555 and 22656 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 19163
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : ethereal -- multiple vulnerabilities (efa1344b-5477-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82)
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OpenVAS ID: 52262
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: ethereal, ethereal-lite, tethereal, tethereal-lite
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
12/06/2004 🔍12/15/2004 🔍
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04/14/2015 🔍
06/05/2019 🔍
Sources
Advisory: distro.conectiva.com.brStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-1141 (🔍)
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X-Force: 18487
Vulnerability Center: 7485 - DoS in Ethereal via HTTP Dissector, Medium
SecurityFocus: 11943 - Ethereal Multiple Unspecified Denial of Service and Potential Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 13468 - Ethereal Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 12382 - Ethereal HTTP dissector denial of service
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Entry
Created: 04/14/2015 13:27Updated: 06/05/2019 07:52
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:27 (76), 06/05/2019 07:52 (5)
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