Wireshark resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2006-3627. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Wireshark (Packet Analyzer Software) (version now known) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the GSM BSSMAP dissector in Wireshark (aka Ethereal) 0.10.11 to 0.99.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 07/17/2006 by Ilja van Sprundel (Website). The advisory is available at wireshark.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-3627 since 07/17/2006. 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.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22107 (GLSA-200607-09 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156229 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Wireshark (ELSA-2006:0726,ELSA-2006:0658,ELSA-2006:0602)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27827), Tenable (22107), SecurityFocus (BID 19051†), OSVDB (27367†) and Secunia (SA21078†). Similar entries are available at VDB-31382, VDB-31381, VDB-31380 and VDB-31379. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22107
Nessus Name: GLSA-200607-09 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 10039
OpenVAS Name: SLES9: Security update for ethereal
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Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: RHSA-2006:0602
Researcher: Ilja van Sprundel
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-3627 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3627
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84370

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X-Force: 27827
SecurityFocus: 19051 - Wireshark Protocol Dissectors Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21078
OSVDB: 27367 - Wireshark NMAS Dissector Unspecified Off-by-one
Vupen: ADV-2006-2850

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/08/2016 19:53
Updated: 08/03/2022 02:07
Changes: 05/08/2016 19:53 (61), 12/04/2018 11:08 (14), 08/03/2022 02:07 (3)
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