Ethereal up to 0.10.12 memory allocation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ethereal up to 0.10.12 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory allocation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-3245. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ethereal up to 0.10.12 (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory allocation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-789. The product allocates memory based on an untrusted, large size value, but it does not ensure that the size is within expected limits, allowing arbitrary amounts of memory to be allocated. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the ONC RPC dissector in Ethereal 0.10.3 to 0.10.12, when the "Dissect unknown RPC program numbers" option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

The bug was discovered 10/19/2005. The weakness was shared 10/19/2005 by iDefense with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is available at ethereal.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-3245 since 10/17/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. 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 scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21865 (CentOS 3 / 4 : ethereal (CESA-2005:809)), 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 117829 (CentOS Security Update for Ethereal (CESA-2005:809)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22801), Tenable (21865), SecurityFocus (BID 15148†), OSVDB (20129†) and Secunia (SA17254†). The entries VDB-26678, VDB-26677, VDB-26676 and VDB-26675 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Memory allocation
CWE: CWE-789 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 21865
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : ethereal (CESA-2005:809)
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OpenVAS ID: 55783
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200510-25 (Ethereal)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ethereal.com
Researcher: iDefense
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-3245 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3245
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26674

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X-Force: 22801
SecurityFocus: 15148 - Ethereal Multiple Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities In Versions Prior To 0.10.13
Secunia: 17254 - Ethereal Multiple Protocol Dissector and PCRE Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 20129 - Ethereal ONC RPC Dissector Memory Exhaustion DoS
SecurityTracker: 1015082
Vulnerability Center: 9525 - Ethereal 0.10.3 - 0.10.12 DoS via ONC RPC Dissector, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/10/2019 21:26
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (89), 06/10/2019 21:26 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:799:103

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