Ethereal up to 0.10.11 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Ethereal. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-2362. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Ethereal (Packet Analyzer Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. 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 several dissectors in Ethereal 0.9.0 through 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by reassembling certain packets.

The bug was discovered 07/26/2005. The weakness was shared 08/10/2005 by Steve Grubb (iDefense) with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is shared at gentoo.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2362 since 07/26/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 15 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. 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 (21611), Tenable (21850), SecurityFocus (BID 14399†), OSVDB (18387†) and Secunia (SA16225†). The entries VDB-25974, VDB-25973, VDB-25972 and VDB-25971 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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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: 21850
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : ethereal (CESA-2005:687)
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OpenVAS ID: 55003
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200507-27 (Ethereal)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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07/27/2005 +1 days 🔍
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08/10/2005 +14 days 🔍
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11/09/2005 +91 days 🔍
07/03/2006 +236 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3173 days 🔍
06/11/2019 +1553 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gentoo.org
Researcher: Steve Grubb (iDefense)
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-2362 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2362
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25969

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X-Force: 21611
SecurityFocus: 14399 - Ethereal Multiple Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 16225 - Ethereal Multiple Protocol Dissector and zlib Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 18387 - Ethereal reassembling packets denial of service
Vulnerability Center: 9600 - Ethereal 0.9.0 - 0.10.11 Remote DoS via Reassembling Packets, Medium

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

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/11/2019 09:35
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (82), 06/11/2019 09:35 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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