Ethereal up to 0.10.11 RADIUS Dissector denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Ethereal. This affects an unknown function of the component RADIUS Dissector. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-2361. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Ethereal (Packet Analyzer Software). Affected is an unknown code block of the component RADIUS Dissector. 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. CVE summarizes:

Unknown vulnerability in the (1) AgentX dissector, (2) PER dissector, (3) DOCSIS dissector, (4) SCTP graphs, (5) HTTP dissector, (6) DCERPC, (7) DHCP, (8) RADIUS dissector, (9) Telnet dissector, (10) IS-IS LSP dissector, or (11) NCP dissector in Ethereal 0.8.19 through 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or abort) via unknown attack vectors.

The weakness was presented 08/10/2005 by Steve Grubb (iDefense) with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is shared for download at gentoo.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-2361 since 07/26/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21850 (CentOS 3 / 4 : ethereal (CESA-2005:687)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117869 (CentOS Security Update for ethereal (CESA-2005:687)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21623), Tenable (21850), SecurityFocus (BID 14399†), OSVDB (18371†) and Secunia (SA16225†). See VDB-25974, VDB-25973, VDB-25972 and VDB-25971 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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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 21850
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : ethereal (CESA-2005:687)
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OpenVAS ID: 55600
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 853-1 (ethereal)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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08/10/2005 +14 days 🔍
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07/03/2006 +236 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3173 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gentoo.org
Researcher: Steve Grubb (iDefense)
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-2361 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2361
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25968

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X-Force: 21623
SecurityFocus: 14399 - Ethereal Multiple Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 16225 - Ethereal Multiple Protocol Dissector and zlib Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 18371 - Ethereal PER Dissector Unspecified DoS
Vulnerability Center: 9599 - Ethereal 0.8.19 - 0.10.11 Remote DoS via Multiple Dissectors, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/11/2019 09:30
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (82), 06/11/2019 09:30 (5)
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