Ethereal up to 0.10.10 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Ethereal. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-1456. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ethereal (Packet Analyzer Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. 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:

Multiple unknown vulnerabilities in the (1) DHCP and (2) Telnet dissectors in Ethereal before 0.10.11 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort).

The bug was discovered 05/04/2005. The weakness was presented 05/05/2005 by Ilja van Sprundel (ryan) (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ethereal.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-1456 since 05/05/2005. 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 was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18386 (RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : ethereal (RHSA-2005:427)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117943 (CentOS Security Update for Ethereal (CESA-2005:427)).

Upgrading to version 0.10.11 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20918), Tenable (18386), SecurityFocus (BID 13504†), OSVDB (16103†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7875†). See VDB-25102, VDB-25101, VDB-25100 and VDB-25099 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 18386
Nessus Name: RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : ethereal (RHSA-2005:427)
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OpenVAS ID: 53098
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: ethereal*, tethereal*
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ethereal 0.10.11
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ethereal.com
Researcher: Ilja van Sprundel (ryan)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-1456 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1456
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25088

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X-Force: 20918
SecurityFocus: 13504 - Ethereal Multiple Remote Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 16103 - Ethereal ANSI A and DHCP dissector format string
Vulnerability Center: 7875 - Multiple Buffer Overflows in Ethereal < 0.10.11 via Dissectors, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/01/2019 09:41
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (84), 06/01/2019 09:41 (5)
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