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A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 0.99.8 (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code of the file packet-bssap.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:
The "decode as" feature in packet-bssap.c in the SCCP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 through 0.99.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
The weakness was released 03/31/2008 with Wireshark (Website). The advisory is available at redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-1563 since 03/31/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34326 (CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2008:0890)), 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 165710 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update (SUSE-SR:2008:008)).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 7 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41517) and Tenable (34326). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 3816, 3817, 36018 and 41276.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 34326
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2008:0890)
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OpenVAS ID: 880108
OpenVAS Name: Centreon command_name Parameter Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
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Timeline
03/27/2008 🔍03/28/2008 🔍
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Sources
Product: wireshark.orgAdvisory: redhat.com
Organization: Wireshark
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1563 (🔍)
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X-Force: 41517 - Wireshark SCCP dissector denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1019728
SecurityFocus: 28485
Secunia: 29569 - Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-1007
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 17:00Updated: 09/22/2018 08:50
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (76), 09/22/2018 08:50 (8)
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