Wireshark up to 1.0.0 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 1.0.0. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-3138. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Wireshark up to 1.0.0 (Packet Analyzer Software). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The (1) PANA and (2) KISMET dissectors in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 through 1.0.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application stop) via unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 06/30/2008. The weakness was disclosed 07/10/2008 with Wireshark (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-3138 since 07/10/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed in pcap File. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. 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 117227 (CentOS Security Update for Wireshark (CESA-2008:0890)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43519), Tenable (34326), SecurityFocus (BID 30020†), OSVDB (46647†) and Secunia (SA30886†). The entries VDB-3784, VDB-3816, VDB-3817 and VDB-41276 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 34326
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2008:0890)
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OpenVAS ID: 61936
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1673-1 (wireshark)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/17/2015 +2356 days 🔍
08/13/2019 +1610 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Organization: Wireshark
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-3138 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3138
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43167

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X-Force: 43519
SecurityFocus: 30020 - Wireshark 1.0.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 30886
OSVDB: 46647 - Wireshark PANA and KISMET denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1020404
Vulnerability Center: 18793 - Wireshark 0.9.5- 1.0 PANA and KISMET Dissectors Allow Remote Denial of Service, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1982

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

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/13/2019 07:15
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (78), 08/13/2019 07:15 (10)
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Cache ID: 216:BCA:103

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