Ethereal 0.9.11 AIM off-by-one

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Ethereal 0.9.11. Impacted is an unknown function of the component AIM/GIOP Grypthon/OSPF/PPTP/Quake/Quake2/Quake3/Rsync/SMB/SMPP/TSP Dissector. This manipulation causes off-by-one. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0356. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Ethereal 0.9.11 (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component AIM/GIOP Grypthon/OSPF/PPTP/Quake/Quake2/Quake3/Rsync/SMB/SMPP/TSP Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a off-by-one vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-193. A product calculates or uses an incorrect maximum or minimum value that is 1 more, or 1 less, than the correct value. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple off-by-one vulnerabilities in Ethereal 0.9.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) AIM, (2) GIOP Gryphon, (3) OSPF, (4) PPTP, (5) Quake, (6) Quake2, (7) Quake3, (8) Rsync, (9) SMB, (10) SMPP, and (11) TSP dissectors, which do not properly use the tvb_get_nstringz and tvb_get_nstringz0 functions.

The weakness was shared 06/09/2003 by Timo Sirainen as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0356 since 05/29/2003. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/15/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14050 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ethereal (MDKSA-2003:067)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115007 (Red Hat Ethereal Multiple Security Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (12037), Tenable (14050), SecurityFocus (BID 7493†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6714†). The entries VDB-102, VDB-20200, VDB-20316 and VDB-20510 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

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Class: Off-by-one
CWE: CWE-193 / CWE-189
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 14050
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ethereal (MDKSA-2003:067)
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OpenVAS ID: 53602
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 313-1 (ethereal)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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05/01/2003 🔍
05/03/2003 +2 days 🔍
05/29/2003 +26 days 🔍
06/09/2003 +11 days 🔍
06/09/2003 +0 days 🔍
06/16/2003 +7 days 🔍
07/31/2004 +411 days 🔍
01/03/2005 +156 days 🔍
08/11/2014 +3507 days 🔍
12/15/2024 +3779 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Timo Sirainen
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2003-0356 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0356
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20509

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X-Force: 12037
SecurityFocus: 7493 - Ethereal Multiple Dissector One Byte Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 6714 - DoS in Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8, 0.8.18, 0.9 - 0.9.11 via Multiple Packet Dissectors, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2014 00:54
Updated: 12/15/2024 22:41
Changes: 08/12/2014 00:54 (76), 05/28/2019 21:08 (4), 12/15/2024 22:41 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:E57:103

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