Ethereal 0.10.6/0.10.7/0.10.8 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ethereal 0.10.6/0.10.7/0.10.8. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-0007. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Ethereal 0.10.6/0.10.7/0.10.8 (Packet Analyzer Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. 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. CVE summarizes:

Unknown vulnerability in the DLSw dissector in Ethereal 0.10.6 through 0.10.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash from assertion).

The weakness was presented 05/02/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-0007 since 01/03/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16237 (Debian DSA-653-1 : ethereal - buffer overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian 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 (19000), Tenable (16237), SecurityFocus (BID 12326†) and Secunia (SA13946†). See VDB-24303, VDB-24271, VDB-24270 and VDB-24269 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best 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: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 16237
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-653-1 : ethereal - buffer overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 52195
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: ethereal, ethereal-lite, tethereal, tethereal-lite
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Recommended: Upgrade
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07/06/2018 +1214 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0007 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0007
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24268

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X-Force: 19000 - Ethereal DLSw dissector denial of service
SecurityFocus: 12326
Secunia: 13946 - Ethereal Multiple Unspecified Packet Dissector Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 07/06/2018 08:34
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (62), 07/06/2018 08:34 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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