Wireshark up to 0.10.9 resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 0.10.9 (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing. 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. CVE summarizes:

Wireshark 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long SMTP request, which triggers an infinite loop.

The bug was discovered 11/22/2008. The weakness was published 12/01/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-5285 since 12/01/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40320 (openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-388)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155945 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Wireshark (ELSA-2009-0313)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46805) and Tenable (40320).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 40320
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-388)
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OpenVAS ID: 62851
OpenVAS Name: wireshark -- SMTP Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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12/01/2008 +7 days 🔍
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03/05/2009 +75 days 🔍
07/21/2009 +138 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2065 days 🔍
08/22/2019 +1619 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-5285 (🔍)
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X-Force: 46805
SecurityTracker: 1021275
Vulnerability Center: 20233 - Wireshark <= 1.0.4 Infinite Loop Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS via a Long SMTP Request, Medium
SecurityFocus: 32422 - Wireshark 1.0.4 SMTP Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 34144 - Red Hat update for wireshark, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 50069 - Wireshark 1.0.4 - SMTP Denial of Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-3231

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/22/2019 10:30
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (85), 08/22/2019 10:30 (5)
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