Ethereal 0.10.9 JXTA Dissector denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ethereal 0.10.9. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component JXTA Dissector. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-0765. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Ethereal 0.10.9 (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component JXTA Dissector. 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 the JXTA dissector in Ethereal 0.10.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash).

The bug was discovered 03/12/2005. The weakness was presented 03/12/2005 by Leon Juranic (Website). The advisory is shared at gentoo.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0765 since 03/18/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17318 (GLSA-200503-16 : Ethereal: Multiple vulnerabilities), 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 immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19685), Tenable (17318), SecurityFocus (BID 12762†), OSVDB (14668†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-14560†). See VDB-24062, VDB-24608, VDB-24599 and VDB-24579 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 17318
Nessus Name: GLSA-200503-16 : Ethereal: Multiple vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gentoo.org
Researcher: Leon Juranic
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0765 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0765
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24073

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X-Force: 19685
SecurityFocus: 12762 - Ethereal Etheric/GPRS-LLC/IAPP/JXTA/sFlow Dissector Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 14668 - CVE-2005-0765 - Ethereal - Unknown Issue
Vulnerability Center: 14560 - Ethereal Group Ethereal JXTA Dissector DoS, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 07/16/2019 11:24
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (71), 07/16/2019 11:24 (6)
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