Wireshark up to 0.99.0 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 0.99.0. It has been rated as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-3631. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 0.99.0 (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the SSH dissector in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.9.10 to 0.99.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown attack vectors.

The bug was discovered 07/17/2006. The weakness was released 07/17/2006 by Ilja van Sprundel (Website). The advisory is shared at wireshark.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-3631 since 07/17/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22238 (CentOS 3 / 4 : wireshark (CESA-2006:0602)), 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 156229 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Wireshark (ELSA-2006:0726,ELSA-2006:0658,ELSA-2006:0602)).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38691), Tenable (22238), SecurityFocus (BID 19051†), OSVDB (27370†) and Secunia (SA21078†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-31382, VDB-31380, VDB-31379 and VDB-31378. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22238
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : wireshark (CESA-2006:0602)
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OpenVAS ID: 57164
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1127-1 (ethereal)
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Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: wireshark.org
Researcher: Ilja van Sprundel
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-3631 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3631
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31381

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X-Force: 38691
SecurityFocus: 19051 - Wireshark Protocol Dissectors Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21078 - Wireshark Multiple Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 27370 - Wireshark SSH Dissector Infinite Loop DoS
SecurityTracker: 1016532
Vulnerability Center: 12419 - Wireshark (aka Ethereal) SSH Dissector Unspecified Vulnerability Allow Remote DoS, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-2850

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 06/23/2019 18:44
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (87), 06/23/2019 18:44 (3)
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