VDB-7041 · CVE-2012-5593 · BID 56729

Wireshark to 1.6.11/1.8.3 Dissection Engine denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Wireshark to 1.6.11/1.8.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Dissection Engine. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2012-5593. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Wireshark to 1.6.11/1.8.3 (Packet Analyzer Software). This affects some unknown processing of the component Dissection Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2012-6053. Reason: This candidate is a reservation duplicate of CVE-2012-6053. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2012-6053 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage.

The weakness was released 11/28/2012 by Martin Mathieson with Wireshark (Website). The advisory is shared at wireshark.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-5593 since 10/24/2012. 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.

A public exploit has been developed in pcap File and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at wireshark.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 56 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166686 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for wireshark (SUSE-SU-2013:0238-1)).

Upgrading to version 1.6.12 or 1.8.4 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at bugs.wireshark.org. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 56729†), OSVDB (87986†), Secunia (SA51422†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027822†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-7042, VDB-7043, VDB-7044 and VDB-7045. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Wireshark 1.6.12/1.8.4

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10/03/2012 🔍
10/24/2012 +21 days 🔍
11/28/2012 +34 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: wireshark.org
Researcher: Martin Mathieson
Organization: Wireshark
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-5593 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5593
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7041
SecurityFocus: 56729 - Wireshark Information Disclosure and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 51422 - Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 87986 - Wireshark USB Dissector Malformed Packet Processing Infinite Loop Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1027822 - Wireshark Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service

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

Created: 12/03/2012 09:46
Updated: 12/29/2024 04:13
Changes: 12/03/2012 09:46 (53), 11/06/2013 10:12 (11), 04/19/2021 16:23 (11), 12/29/2024 04:13 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:F95:103

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