VDB-82995 · SA17254 · OSVDB 20135

Ethereal AgentX Dissector memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Ethereal and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component AgentX Dissector. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ethereal (Packet Analyzer Software) (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component AgentX Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 10/19/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ethereal.com. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (20135†) and Secunia (SA17254†). Similar entries are available at VDB-26678, VDB-26677, VDB-26676 and VDB-26675. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/19/2005 🔍
10/20/2005 +0 days 🔍
04/28/2016 +3842 days 🔍
11/01/2018 +917 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ethereal.com
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82995
Secunia: 17254
OSVDB: 20135 - Ethereal AgentX Dissector Remote Overflow

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/28/2016 14:46
Updated: 11/01/2018 07:27
Changes: 04/28/2016 14:46 (39), 11/01/2018 07:27 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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