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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Wireshark 1.2.0/1.2.1/1.2.2/1.2.3/1.2.4 (Packet Analyzer Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
The IPMI dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.4 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted packet, related to "formatting a date/time using strftime."
The weakness was presented 12/17/2009 with Wireshark (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-4378 since 12/21/2009. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43592 (Fedora 12 : wireshark-1.2.5-3.fc12 (2009-13592)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.
A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (43592). See 51247 and 51246 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 43592
Nessus Name: Fedora 12 : wireshark-1.2.5-3.fc12 (2009-13592)
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OpenVAS ID: 69008
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201006-05 (wireshark)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
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Sources
Product: wireshark.orgAdvisory: vupen.com⛔
Organization: Wireshark
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-4378 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1023374 - Wireshark Buffer Overflow in Daintree SNA Parser and Bugs in SMB, SMB2, and IPMI Dissectors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 24425 - Wireshark 0.9.0 - 1.2.4 IPMI Dissector Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 37407 - Wireshark 0.9.0 through 1.2.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 37842 - Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 61179 - Wireshark IPMI Dissector Remote DoS
Vupen: ADV-2009-3596
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Entry
Created: 03/18/2015 15:15Updated: 08/30/2021 09:28
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (63), 02/18/2017 09:43 (18), 08/30/2021 09:28 (3)
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