Ethereal 0.10.1/0.10.2/0.10.3 SIP Message denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ethereal 0.10.1/0.10.2/0.10.3. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component SIP Message Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-0504. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ethereal 0.10.1/0.10.2/0.10.3 (Packet Analyzer Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component SIP Message Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Ethereal 0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain SIP messages between Hotsip servers and clients.

The bug was discovered 05/13/2004. The weakness was disclosed 03/22/2004 by Martin Regner (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ethereal.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0504 since 06/01/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

After 2 months, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14512 (GLSA-200406-01 : Ethereal: Multiple security problems), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16148), Tenable (14512), SecurityFocus (BID 10347†), OSVDB (6131†) and Secunia (SA11608†). The entries VDB-22128, VDB-22129 and VDB-22130 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 14512
Nessus Name: GLSA-200406-01 : Ethereal: Multiple security problems
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OpenVAS ID: 52433
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: ethereal, ethereal-lite, tethereal, tethereal-lite
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/22/2004 🔍
05/04/2004 +42 days 🔍
05/13/2004 +9 days 🔍
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05/14/2004 +1 days 🔍
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06/01/2004 +17 days 🔍
06/04/2004 +3 days 🔍
08/18/2004 +75 days 🔍
08/30/2004 +12 days 🔍
05/05/2009 +1709 days 🔍
04/14/2015 +2170 days 🔍
09/02/2019 +1602 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ethereal.com
Researcher: Martin Regner
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-0504 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0504
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22127

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X-Force: 16148
SecurityFocus: 10347 - Ethereal Multiple Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 11608
OSVDB: 6131 - Ethereal SIP Dissector DoS
SecurityTracker: 1010158
Vulnerability Center: 21885 - Wireshark (Ethereal) 0.10.3 SIP Messages Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium

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

Created: 04/14/2015 13:17
Updated: 09/02/2019 16:57
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:17 (87), 09/02/2019 16:57 (3)
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