Wireshark up to 0.99.8 LDAP Dissector input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Wireshark up to 0.99.8 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component LDAP Dissector. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2008-1562. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 0.99.8 (Packet Analyzer Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component LDAP Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The LDAP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 0.99.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5740.

The weakness was published 03/31/2008 with Wireshark (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1562 since 03/31/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34326 (CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2008:0890)), 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 165710 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update (SUSE-SR:2008:008)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 7 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41516), Exploit-DB (31553), Tenable (34326), SecurityFocus (BID 28485†) and Secunia (SA29569†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3816, VDB-3817, VDB-36018 and VDB-41276. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 34326
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2008:0890)
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OpenVAS ID: 880108
OpenVAS Name: Centreon command_name Parameter Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
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MetaSploit ID: ldap.rb
MetaSploit Name: Wireshark LDAP Dissector DOS
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Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Organization: Wireshark
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1562 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1562
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41765

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X-Force: 41516 - Wireshark LDAP dissector denial of service
SecurityFocus: 28485
Secunia: 29569 - Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1019728
Vupen: ADV-2008-1007

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 12/25/2024 08:53
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (79), 09/22/2018 08:50 (8), 12/25/2024 08:53 (23)
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