Wireshark 0.99.6 SMB Dissector memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark 0.99.6. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component SMB Dissector. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2007-6438. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark 0.99.6 (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component SMB Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the SMB dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier originally included MP3 and NCP, but those issues are already covered by CVE-2007-6111.

The bug was discovered 12/18/2007. The weakness was published 12/19/2007 by Stefan Esser with Beyond Security (Website). The advisory is available at issues.rpath.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-6438 since 12/19/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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 117375 (CentOS Security Update for Wireshark (CESA-2008:0058)).

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 (39178), Tenable (43670), SecurityFocus (BID 27071†), OSVDB (40463†) and Secunia (SA27777†). Similar entries are available at VDB-40143, VDB-40142, VDB-40133 and VDB-40131. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 43670
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2008:0058)
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OpenVAS ID: 60052
OpenVAS Name: wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: issues.rpath.com⛔
Researcher: Stefan Esser
Organization: Beyond Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-6438 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6438
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40130

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X-Force: 39178
SecurityFocus: 27071 - Wireshark 0.99.6 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 27777
OSVDB: 40463 - CVE-2007-6438 - Wireshark - Unspecified Issue
Vulnerability Center: 17207 - Wireshark Unspecified Vulnerabilities Allow Remote DoS via MP3 File or via NCP or SMB Dissector, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/02/2019 09:49
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (76), 08/02/2019 09:49 (8)
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Cache ID: 216:6AA:103

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