Wireshark up to 0.99.0 resource management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Wireshark up to 0.99.0 (Packet Analyzer Software). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the GSM BSSMAP dissector in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.10.11 to 0.99.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 07/17/2006. The weakness was disclosed 07/21/2006 by Ilja van Sprundel (Website). The advisory is shared at wireshark.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-3627 since 07/17/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22238 (CentOS 3 / 4 : wireshark (CESA-2006:0602)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156229 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Wireshark (ELSA-2006:0726,ELSA-2006:0658,ELSA-2006:0602)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36546) and Tenable (22238). The entries 31382, 31381, 31380 and 31379 are pretty similar.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22238
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : wireshark (CESA-2006:0602)
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OpenVAS ID: 57846
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200607-09 (wireshark ethereal)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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07/21/2006 +3 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: wireshark.org
Researcher: Ilja van Sprundel
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-3627 (🔍)
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X-Force: 36546
Vulnerability Center: 12415 - Wireshark (aka Ethereal) Remote DoS due to Unspecified Vulnerability in the GSM BSSMAP Dissector, Medium
SecurityFocus: 19051 - Wireshark Protocol Dissectors Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21078 - Wireshark Multiple Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 27360 - CVE-2006-3627 - Wireshark - Unspecified Issue
Vupen: ADV-2006-2850

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Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 06/23/2019 18:19
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (82), 06/23/2019 18:19 (5)
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