Wireshark 1.2.0 memory corruption

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.0$0-$5k0.00

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Wireshark 1.2.0 (Packet Analyzer Software). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The software performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the IPMI dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors related to an array index error. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was disclosed 07/21/2009 with Wireshark (Website). The advisory is shared at wireshark.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-2559 since 07/21/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40335 (Wireshark / Ethereal 0.9.2 to 1.2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116762 (Fedora Update for wireshark (FEDORA-2009-7998)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (51933), Vulnerability Center (SBV-22976) and Tenable (40335). The entries 49100, 49099 and 49098 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

Name

License

  • open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
🔍🔍🔍🔍🔍🔍
🔍🔍🔍🔍🔍🔍
🔍🔍🔍🔍🔍🔍
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Dayunlockunlockunlockunlock
Todayunlockunlockunlockunlock

Nessus ID: 40335
Nessus Name: Wireshark / Ethereal 0.9.2 to 1.2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 66442
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-7998 (wireshark)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

07/20/2009 🔍
07/20/2009 +0 days 🔍
07/21/2009 +1 days 🔍
07/21/2009 +0 days 🔍
07/21/2009 +0 days 🔍
07/21/2009 +0 days 🔍
07/21/2009 +0 days 🔍
07/28/2009 +7 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +2059 days 🔍
08/12/2021 +2339 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: wireshark.org
Organization: Wireshark
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2009-2559 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 51933
Vulnerability Center: 22976 - Wireshark 1.2.0 IPMI Dissector Buffer Overflow Allows Remote DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 35748 - Wireshark 1.2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 35884 - Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
Vupen: ADV-2009-1970

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 03:15 PM
Updated: 08/12/2021 06:14 PM
Changes: 03/18/2015 03:15 PM (62), 02/12/2017 12:55 PM (14), 08/12/2021 06:14 PM (3)
Complete: 🔍

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Are you interested in using VulDB?

Download the whitepaper to learn more about our service!