Ethereal up to 0.9.15 Protocol Decoder memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Ethereal up to 0.9.15. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Protocol Decoder. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0925. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Ethereal up to 0.9.15 (Packet Analyzer Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component Protocol Decoder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in Ethereal 0.9.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed GTP MSISDN string.

The weakness was shared 11/03/2003 with Ethereal (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ethereal.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-0925 since 11/05/2003. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14096 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ethereal (MDKSA-2003:114)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115029 (Red Hat Ethereal Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 0.9.16 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at ethereal.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13576), Tenable (14096), SecurityFocus (BID 8951†), OSVDB (3027†) and Secunia (SA10531†). Additional details are provided at vuldb.com. The entries VDB-21017, VDB-21018, VDB-21483 and VDB-21484 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 14096
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ethereal (MDKSA-2003:114)
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OpenVAS ID: 53105
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 407-1 (ethereal)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ethereal 0.9.16
Patch: ethereal.com

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11/04/2003 +1 days 🔍
11/05/2003 +1 days 🔍
12/01/2003 +26 days 🔍
12/15/2003 +14 days 🔍
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07/31/2004 +208 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ethereal.com
Researcher: http://www.ethereal.com
Organization: Ethereal
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2003-0925 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0925
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-364

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X-Force: 13576
SecurityFocus: 8951 - Multiple Ethereal Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 10531 - Debian update for ethereal, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 3027 - Ethereal GTP MSISDN Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 9930 - Ethereal up to 0.9.15 Buffer Overflow via GTP MSISDN String, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/04/2003 17:59
Updated: 03/09/2021 07:27
Changes: 11/04/2003 17:59 (88), 10/08/2018 15:43 (9), 03/09/2021 07:27 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:3E0:103

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