Ethereal 0.10.7/0.10.8/0.10.9 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Ethereal 0.10.7/0.10.8/0.10.9. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2005-0705. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Ethereal 0.10.7/0.10.8/0.10.9 (Packet Analyzer Software). This affects some unknown functionality. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The GPRS-LLC dissector in Ethereal 0.10.7 through 0.10.9, with the "ignore cipher bit" option enabled. allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash).

The bug was discovered 03/12/2005. The weakness was shared 05/02/2005 by Leon Juranic (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at gentoo.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0705 since 03/09/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19120 (FreeBSD : ethereal -- multiple protocol dissectors vulnerabilities (cb470368-94d2-11d9-a9e0-0001020eed82)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118402 (Ethereal Denial of Service and Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilities (enpa-sa-00018)).

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 (37794), Tenable (19120), SecurityFocus (BID 12762†), OSVDB (14666†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7386†). The entries VDB-24073, VDB-24062, VDB-24608 and VDB-24599 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 19120
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : ethereal -- multiple protocol dissectors vulnerabilities (cb470368-94d2-11d9-a9e0-0001020eed82)
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OpenVAS ID: 52156
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: ethereal, ethereal-lite, tethereal, tethereal-lite
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/09/2005 🔍
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03/12/2005 +3 days 🔍
03/14/2005 +2 days 🔍
03/22/2005 +8 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +41 days 🔍
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07/13/2005 +72 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3527 days 🔍
05/30/2019 +1542 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gentoo.org
Researcher: Leon Juranic
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0705 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0705
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24579

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X-Force: 37794
SecurityFocus: 12762 - Ethereal Etheric/GPRS-LLC/IAPP/JXTA/sFlow Dissector Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 14666 - CVE-2005-0705 - Ethereal - Denial-of-Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 7386 - DoS in GPRS-LLC Dissector in Ethereal 0.10.7 - 0.10.9, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 05/30/2019 22:50
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (77), 05/30/2019 22:50 (6)
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