Wireshark up to 1.4.3 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2011-0713. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Wireshark (Packet Analyzer Software). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in wiretap/dct3trace.c in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.14 and 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long record in a Nokia DCT3 trace file.

The weakness was disclosed 03/02/2011 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-0713 since 01/31/2011. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 52757 (CentOS 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2011:0370)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155472 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Wireshark (ELSA-2011-0369)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (65780), Tenable (52757), SecurityFocus (BID 46416†), Secunia (SA43795†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1025148†). The entries VDB-55537, VDB-56948, VDB-56699 and VDB-56698 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 52757
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2011:0370)
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OpenVAS ID: 69337
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2201-1 (wireshark)
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Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: RHSA-2011:0370
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-0713 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0713
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56692

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X-Force: 65780
SecurityFocus: 46416 - Wireshark Visual C++ Analyzer Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 43795 - Debian update for wireshark, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1025148 - Wireshark pcap-ng, Nokia DCT3, LDAP, and SMB Processing Flaws Let Remote Users Deny Service and Potentially Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 30155 - Wireshark Remote DoS Vulnerability via a Long Record in a Nokia DCT3 Trace File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2011-0719

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 12/08/2024 20:03
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (63), 03/17/2017 07:40 (17), 10/18/2021 14:51 (3), 10/18/2021 14:55 (1), 10/18/2021 14:56 (2), 12/08/2024 20:03 (15)
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