Wireshark up to 0.99.6 HTTP Dissector memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Wireshark up to 0.99.6. Impacted is an unknown function of the component HTTP Dissector. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-6117. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Wireshark up to 0.99.6 (Packet Analyzer Software). This affects some unknown functionality of the component HTTP Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the HTTP dissector for Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.14 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted chunked messages.

The bug was discovered 11/22/2007. The weakness was published 11/23/2007 by Stefan Esser with Beyond Security (Website). The advisory is shared at wireshark.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-6117 since 11/23/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly 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 43670 (CentOS 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2008:0058)), 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 117374 (CentOS Security Update for Wireshark (CESA-2008:0059)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. 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 (38744), Tenable (43670), SecurityFocus (BID 26532†), OSVDB (40453†) and Secunia (SA27777†). Similar entries are available at VDB-37451, VDB-37450, VDB-37449 and VDB-37448. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 43670
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2008:0058)
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OpenVAS ID: 59639
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1414-1 (wireshark)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: wireshark.org
Researcher: Stefan Esser
Organization: Beyond Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-6117 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6117
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39825

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X-Force: 38744
SecurityFocus: 26532 - Wireshark 0.99.6 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 27777 - Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 40453 - CVE-2007-6117 - Wireshark - Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1018988
Vulnerability Center: 16956 - Wireshark HTTP Dissector Vulnerability Allows Remote Attacker to Cause DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-3956

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 07/31/2019 21:59
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (87), 07/31/2019 21:59 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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