Wireshark up to 1.6.11 SCTP Dissecto denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Wireshark up to 1.6.11. Affected is an unknown function of the component SCTP Dissecto. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-5595. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Wireshark up to 1.6.11 (Packet Analyzer Software). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component SCTP Dissecto. 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. CVE summarizes:

** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2012-6056. Reason: This candidate is a reservation duplicate of CVE-2012-6056. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2012-6056 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage.

The weakness was published 11/28/2012 by Laura Chappell with Wireshark as wnpa-sec-2012-33 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at wireshark.org. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-5595 since 10/24/2012. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 53 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73276 (CentOS 5 : wireshark (CESA-2014:0341)), 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 350803 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for wireshark: AL2012-2015-028).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (73276), SecurityFocus (BID 56729†), OSVDB (87995†), Secunia (SA51422†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027822†). Similar entries are available at VDB-7041, VDB-7042, VDB-7043 and VDB-7044. 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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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 73276
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : wireshark (CESA-2014:0341)
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OpenVAS ID: 881912
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2014:0341 centos5
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Wireshark 1.6.12/1.8.4

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11/28/2012 +34 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: wnpa-sec-2012-33
Researcher: Laura Chappell
Organization: Wireshark
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-5595 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5595
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7050
SecurityFocus: 56729 - Wireshark Information Disclosure and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 51422 - Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 87995 - Wireshark SCTP 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 12:20
Updated: 12/25/2024 02:32
Changes: 12/03/2012 12:20 (59), 11/04/2013 15:07 (17), 04/19/2021 17:09 (3), 04/19/2021 17:11 (2), 12/25/2024 02:32 (16)
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