Ethereal up to 0.10.13 infinite loop

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A vulnerability was found in Ethereal (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the GTP dissector for Ethereal 0.9.1 to 0.10.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 12/27/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-4585. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21883 (CentOS 3 / 4 : ethereal (CESA-2006:0156)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117764 (CentOS Security Update for Ethereal (CESA-2006:0156)).

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 (23849) and Tenable (21883). The entries 27393 and 26736 are pretty similar.

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Class: Infinite loop
CWE: CWE-835 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 21883
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : ethereal (CESA-2006:0156)
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OpenVAS ID: 65554
OpenVAS Name: SLES9: Security update for ethereal
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Advisory: securitytracker.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-4585 (🔍)
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X-Force: 23849
Vulnerability Center: 10648 - Ethereal 0.9.1-0.10.13 Remote DoS due to Unspecified Vulnerability in the GTP Dissector, Medium
SecurityFocus: 16076 - Ethereal GTP Protocol Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 18229
OSVDB: 22092 - Ethereal GTP Dissector Infinite Loop Remote DoS

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Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 07/07/2021 08:26
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (62), 06/08/2017 23:46 (9), 07/07/2021 08:23 (3), 07/07/2021 08:26 (1)
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