Wireshark up to 0.99.6 CIP Dissector resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 0.99.6. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component CIP Dissector. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-6451. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Wireshark up to 0.99.6 (Packet Analyzer Software). This affects an unknown code block of the component CIP Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the CIP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.14 to 0.99.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that trigger allocation of large amounts of memory.

The bug was discovered 12/18/2007. The weakness was presented 12/19/2007 by Stefan Esser with Beyond Security (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at issues.rpath.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-6451 since 12/19/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly 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 117374 (CentOS Security Update for Wireshark (CESA-2008:0059)).

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 (39187), Tenable (43670), SecurityFocus (BID 27071†), OSVDB (40458†) and Secunia (SA27777†). See VDB-37451, VDB-37450, VDB-37449 and VDB-37448 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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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: 60100
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1446-1 (wireshark)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/24/2008 +25 days 🔍
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08/02/2019 +1600 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: issues.rpath.com⛔
Researcher: Stefan Esser
Organization: Beyond Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-6451 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6451
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40143

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X-Force: 39187
SecurityFocus: 27071 - Wireshark 0.99.6 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 27777
OSVDB: 40458 - CVE-2007-6451 - Wireshark - Unspecified Issue
Vulnerability Center: 17211 - Wireshark Unspecified Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Attacker to Cause DoS via CIP Dissector, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/02/2019 09:54
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (76), 08/02/2019 09:54 (8)
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