Ethereal up to 0.10.13 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ethereal and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-1940. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Ethereal (Packet Analyzer Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. 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. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Ethereal 0.10.4 up to 0.10.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort) via the SNDCP dissector.

The bug was discovered 04/24/2006. The weakness was released 04/25/2006 with Coverity (Website). The advisory is available at ethereal.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-1940 since 04/20/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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 21899 (CentOS 3 / 4 : ethereal (CESA-2006:0420)), 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 117708 (CentOS Security Update for Ethereal (CESA-2006:0420)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26025), Tenable (21899), SecurityFocus (BID 17682†), OSVDB (24916†) and Secunia (SA19769†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-29865, VDB-29864, VDB-29863 and VDB-29862. 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
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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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21899
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : ethereal (CESA-2006:0420)
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OpenVAS ID: 56670
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1049-1 (ethereal)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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04/24/2006 +4 days 🔍
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05/03/2006 +3 days 🔍
07/03/2006 +61 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3174 days 🔍
06/17/2019 +1558 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ethereal.com
Organization: Coverity
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-1940 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1940
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29866

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X-Force: 26025
SecurityFocus: 17682 - Ethereal Multiple Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities In Versions Prior To 0.99.0
Secunia: 19769 - Ethereal Multiple Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 24916 - CVE-2006-1940 - Ethereal - Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1015985
Vulnerability Center: 11299 - Ethereal 0.10.4 DoS via SNDCP Dissector, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-1501

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/17/2019 10:50
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (85), 06/17/2019 10:50 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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