Wireshark 0.99.6 access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Wireshark 0.99.6 (Packet Analyzer Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The WiMAX dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors related to "unaligned access on some platforms."

The bug was discovered 12/18/2007. The weakness was presented 12/19/2007 by Stefan Esser with Beyond Security (Website). The advisory is shared at issues.rpath.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-6441 since 12/19/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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 (39183) and Tenable (43670). See 40143, 40142, 40131 and 40130 for similar entries.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

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Remote: Partially

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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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Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: issues.rpath.com
Researcher: Stefan Esser
Organization: Beyond Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-6441 (🔍)
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X-Force: 39183
Vulnerability Center: 17209 - Wireshark Unspecified Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Attacker to Cause DoS via WiMax Dissector, Medium
SecurityFocus: 27071 - Wireshark 0.99.6 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 27777
OSVDB: 40460 - CVE-2007-6441 - Wireshark - Denial-Of-Service Issue

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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/02/2019 09:53
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (75), 08/02/2019 09:53 (8)
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