Ethereal 0.10.1/0.10.2/0.10.3 MMSE Dissector memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Ethereal 0.10.1/0.10.2/0.10.3. This impacts an unknown function of the component MMSE Dissector. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2004-0507. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ethereal 0.10.1/0.10.2/0.10.3 (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component MMSE Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the MMSE dissector for Ethereal 0.10.1 to 0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

The bug was discovered 05/13/2004. The weakness was published 05/14/2004 by Ethereal Group (Website). The advisory is available at ethereal.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-0507 since 06/01/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/30/2021).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12645 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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 (16152), Tenable (12645), SecurityFocus (BID 10347†), OSVDB (6134†) and Secunia (SA11608†). Similar entries are available at VDB-22127, VDB-22128 and VDB-22129. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 12645
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OpenVAS ID: 52433
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: ethereal, ethereal-lite, tethereal, tethereal-lite
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/13/2004 🔍
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05/14/2004 +1 days 🔍
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06/01/2004 +17 days 🔍
08/18/2004 +78 days 🔍
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04/14/2015 +2170 days 🔍
06/30/2021 +2269 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ethereal.com
Researcher: Ethereal Group
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-0507 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0507
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22130

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X-Force: 16152
SecurityFocus: 10347 - Ethereal Multiple Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 11608
OSVDB: 6134 - Ethereal MMSE Dissector Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1010158
Vulnerability Center: 21882 - Wireshark (Ethereal) 0.10.1 - 0.10.3 SPNEGO Dissector Remote DoS Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:17
Updated: 06/30/2021 08:39
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:17 (77), 09/02/2019 16:49 (1), 06/30/2021 08:39 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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