Wireshark up to 1.4.4 resource management

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Wireshark (Packet Analyzer Software). Affected is 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. CVE summarizes:

The X.509if dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.16 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 does not properly initialize certain global variables, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .pcap file.

The weakness was released 04/15/2011 by Paul with CERT as Bug 5754 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugs.wireshark.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-1590 since 04/05/2011. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75773 (openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2011:0602-1)), 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 350676 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for wireshark: ALAS-2012-071).

Upgrading to version 1.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (75773). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 56699, 57278 and 57277.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 75773
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2011:0602-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 69984
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2274-1 (wireshark)
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Upgrade: Wireshark 1.2.2

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03/23/2015 +283 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: Bug 5754
Researcher: Paul
Organization: CERT
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-1590 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1025388
SecurityFocus: 47392 - Wireshark Versions Prior to 1.4.5/1.2.16 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 44172 - Wireshark Denial of Service and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 71846 - Wireshark X.509if Dissector Use-after-free DoS
Vupen: ADV-2011-1022

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 04/23/2019 14:18
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (86), 04/23/2019 14:18 (3)
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