Ethereal 0.10.9 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Ethereal 0.10.9. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-0766. In addition, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Ethereal 0.10.9 (Packet Analyzer Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Unknown vulnerability in the sFlow dissector in Ethereal 0.9.14 through 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 05/02/2005 by Leon Juranic (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ethereal.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0766 since 03/18/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available 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 even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19686), Tenable (17318), SecurityFocus (BID 12762†), OSVDB (14669†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-14561†). See VDB-24073, VDB-24062, VDB-24599 and VDB-24579 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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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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03/09/2005 🔍
03/12/2005 +3 days 🔍
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03/14/2005 +2 days 🔍
03/18/2005 +4 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +45 days 🔍
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03/08/2007 +675 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +2924 days 🔍
07/16/2019 +1589 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ethereal.com
Researcher: Leon Juranic
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0766 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0766
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24608

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X-Force: 19686
SecurityFocus: 12762 - Ethereal Etheric/GPRS-LLC/IAPP/JXTA/sFlow Dissector Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 14669 - CVE-2005-0766 - Ethereal - Unknown Issue
Vulnerability Center: 14561 - Ethereal Group Ethereal sFlow Dissector DoS, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 07/16/2019 11:28
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (70), 07/16/2019 11:28 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:E7E:103

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