Ethereal up to 0.10.7 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ethereal and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2004-1140. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Ethereal (Packet Analyzer Software). Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Ethereal 0.9.0 through 0.10.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) and possibly fill available disk space via an invalid RTP timestamp.

The bug was discovered 12/15/2004. The weakness was released 12/31/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at distro.conectiva.com.br. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-1140 since 12/06/2004. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19163 (FreeBSD : ethereal -- multiple vulnerabilities (efa1344b-5477-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18485), Tenable (19163), SecurityFocus (BID 11943†), OSVDB (12381†) and Secunia (SA13468†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-22129, VDB-22554, VDB-22555 and VDB-22657. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 19163
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : ethereal -- multiple vulnerabilities (efa1344b-5477-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82)
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OpenVAS ID: 52262
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: ethereal, ethereal-lite, tethereal, tethereal-lite
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/06/2004 🔍
12/15/2004 +9 days 🔍
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12/23/2004 +8 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +8 days 🔍
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04/04/2005 +94 days 🔍
07/13/2005 +100 days 🔍
04/14/2015 +3562 days 🔍
06/05/2019 +1513 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: distro.conectiva.com.br
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-1140 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1140
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22656

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X-Force: 18485
SecurityFocus: 11943 - Ethereal Multiple Unspecified Denial of Service and Potential Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 13468 - Ethereal Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 12381 - Ethereal RTP timestamps denial of service
Vulnerability Center: 7487 - DoS in Ethereal via RTP Timestamps, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:27
Updated: 06/05/2019 08:06
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:27 (75), 06/05/2019 08:06 (5)
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