Ethereal up to 0.10.8 MMSE Dissector denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Ethereal 0.10.4/0.10.5/0.10.6/0.10.7/0.10.8. Impacted is an unknown function of the component MMSE Dissector. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0010. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ethereal 0.10.4/0.10.5/0.10.6/0.10.7/0.10.8 (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component MMSE 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 MMSE dissector in Ethereal 0.10.4 through 0.10.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by triggering a free of statically allocated memory.

The weakness was released 05/02/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0010 since 01/03/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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 (19003), Tenable (16237), SecurityFocus (BID 12326†) and Secunia (SA13946†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-24303, VDB-24270, VDB-24269 and VDB-24268. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality 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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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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01/21/2005 +18 days 🔍
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01/25/2005 +4 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +97 days 🔍
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03/10/2015 +3599 days 🔍
07/06/2018 +1214 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0010 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0010
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24271

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X-Force: 19003 - Ethereal MMSE free static memory
SecurityFocus: 12326 - Multiple Ethereal Unspecified Dissector Vulnerabilities
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 08:35
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (64), 07/06/2018 08:35 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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