Ethereal up to 0.10.2 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Ethereal. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2004-1761. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ethereal (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unknown vulnerability in Ethereal 0.8.13 to 0.10.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a malformed color filter file.

The bug was discovered 03/22/2004. The weakness was published 12/31/2004 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1761 since 03/10/2005. 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 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 12482 (RHEL 2.1 / 3 : ethereal (RHSA-2004:136)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat 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 (15572), Tenable (12482), OSVDB (4464†), Secunia (SA11185†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-22122†). Similar entries are available at VDB-21821, VDB-21829 and VDB-21831. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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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: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 12482
Nessus Name: RHEL 2.1 / 3 : ethereal (RHSA-2004:136)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/22/2004 🔍
03/22/2004 +0 days 🔍
03/23/2004 +1 days 🔍
03/30/2004 +7 days 🔍
07/06/2004 +98 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +178 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +0 days 🔍
03/10/2005 +69 days 🔍
05/24/2009 +1536 days 🔍
04/14/2015 +2151 days 🔍
12/16/2024 +3534 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-1761 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1761
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22885

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X-Force: 15572
Secunia: 11185
OSVDB: 4464 - CVE-2004-1761 - Ethereal - Denial-of-service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 22122 - Ethereal 0.8.13 to 0.10.2 Unknown Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS via a Malformed Color Filter File, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:31
Updated: 12/16/2024 10:49
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:31 (66), 09/04/2019 15:55 (5), 12/16/2024 10:49 (17)
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