Wireshark 0.99.6 resource management

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Wireshark 0.99.6 (Packet Analyzer Software). This affects an unknown function. 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:

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite or large loop) via the (1) IPv6 or (2) USB dissector, which can trigger resource consumption or a crash. NOTE: this identifier originally included Firebird/Interbase, but it is already covered by CVE-2007-6116. The DCP ETSI issue is already covered by CVE-2007-6119.

The bug was discovered 12/18/2007. The weakness was released 12/19/2007 by Stefan Esser with Beyond Security (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at issues.rpath.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-6439 since 12/19/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to approached within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43670 (CentOS 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2008:0058)), 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 117375 (CentOS Security Update for Wireshark (CESA-2008:0058)).

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 (39181) and Tenable (43670). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 40143, 40142, 40133 and 40130.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 43670
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2008:0058)
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OpenVAS ID: 60052
OpenVAS Name: wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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08/02/2019 +1600 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: issues.rpath.com
Researcher: Stefan Esser
Organization: Beyond Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-6439 (🔍)
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X-Force: 39181
Vulnerability Center: 17236 - Wireshark 0.99.6 Remote DoS via the USB, IPv6, DCP ETSI, and Firebird/Interbase Dissectors, High
SecurityFocus: 27071 - Wireshark 0.99.6 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 27777
OSVDB: 40461 - Wireshark (Ethereal) IPv6 dissector denial of service

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/02/2019 14:40
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (75), 08/02/2019 14:40 (8)
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