Wireshark up to 1.0.6 LDAP Dissector denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Wireshark. This affects an unknown part of the component LDAP Dissector. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2009-1267. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component LDAP Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the LDAP dissector in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.6, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown attack vectors.

The bug was discovered 04/06/2009. The weakness was presented 04/13/2009 (Website). The advisory is available at wireshark.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-1267 since 04/08/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful 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 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 41303 (SuSE9 Security Update : ethereal (YOU Patch Number 12424)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116363 (Wireshark Prior to 1.0.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (wnpa-sec-2009-02 )).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. 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 (49814), Tenable (41303), SecurityFocus (BID 34457†), OSVDB (53671†) and Secunia (SA34778†). See VDB-41990, VDB-47824, VDB-47700 and VDB-47699 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 41303
Nessus Name: SuSE9 Security Update : ethereal (YOU Patch Number 12424)
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OpenVAS ID: 803135
OpenVAS Name: Wireshark Multiple Unspecified Vulnerability - Apr09 (Linux)
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Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: wireshark.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1267 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1267
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47698

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X-Force: 49814
SecurityFocus: 34457 - Wireshark Prior to 1.0.7 Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34778
OSVDB: 53671 - CVE-2009-1267 - Wireshark - Denial-Of-Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1022027
Vulnerability Center: 21661 - Wireshark <= 1.0.6 on Windows LDAP Dissector Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/02/2019 08:21
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (82), 09/02/2019 08:21 (5)
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