Wireshark up to 1.0.2 Bluetooth resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 1.0.2. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Bluetooth. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-4681. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Wireshark up to 1.0.2 (Packet Analyzer Software). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Bluetooth. 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. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Bluetooth RFCOMM dissector in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or abort) via unknown packets.

The bug was discovered 10/20/2008. The weakness was disclosed 10/22/2008 by David Maciejak (Mike) with Wireshark (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4681 since 10/22/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35767 (CentOS 3 / 4 : wireshark (CESA-2009:0313)), 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 165638 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update (SUSE-SR:2009:001)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. 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 (46014), Tenable (35767), SecurityFocus (BID 31838†), OSVDB (49341†) and Secunia (SA32355†). The entries VDB-46576, VDB-45619, VDB-45239 and VDB-45178 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 35767
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : wireshark (CESA-2009:0313)
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OpenVAS ID: 880671
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2009:0313 centos3 i386
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: David Maciejak (Mike)
Organization: Wireshark
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4681 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4681
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44652

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X-Force: 46014
SecurityFocus: 31838 - Wireshark 1.0.3 Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 32355
OSVDB: 49341 - CVE-2008-4681 - Wireshark - Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021069
Vulnerability Center: 19852 - Wireshark 0.99.7-1.0.3 Bluetooth RFCOMM Dissector Unspecified Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2872

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/19/2019 22:05
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (76), 08/19/2019 22:05 (14)
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