CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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4.8 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 1.0.3 (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown functionality. 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:
packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly handle exceptions thrown by post dissectors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain series of packets, as demonstrated by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector.
The bug was discovered 10/20/2008. The weakness was published 10/22/2008 by David Maciejak (Mike) with Wireshark (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-4684 since 10/22/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35767 (CentOS 3 / 4 : wireshark (CESA-2009:0313)), 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 165638 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update (SUSE-SR:2009:001)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. 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 (46015) and Tenable (35767). Similar entries are available at 46576, 45619, 45239 and 45178.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 35767
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : wireshark (CESA-2009:0313)
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OpenVAS ID: 61936
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1673-1 (wireshark)
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Timeline
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Sources
Product: wireshark.orgAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: David Maciejak (Mike)
Organization: Wireshark
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4684 (🔍)
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X-Force: 46015
SecurityTracker: 1021069
Vulnerability Center: 19854 - Wireshark 0.99.2-1.0.3 Post Dissectors Packet-Frame Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 31838 - Wireshark 1.0.3 Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 32355
OSVDB: 49344 - CVE-2008-4684 - Wireshark - Denial-Of-Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-2872
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/19/2019 22:14
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (75), 08/19/2019 22:14 (14)
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