Wireshark resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-3627. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark (Packet Analyzer Software) (version unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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 released 07/17/2006 by Ilja van Sprundel (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at wireshark.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-3627 since 07/17/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly 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 (27368†) and Secunia (SA21078†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-31382, VDB-31381, VDB-31380 and VDB-31379. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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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-100-84371

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X-Force: 27827
SecurityFocus: 19051 - Wireshark Protocol Dissectors Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21078
OSVDB: 27368 - Wireshark NDPS Dissector Unspecified Off-by-one
Vupen: ADV-2006-2850

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/08/2016 19:53
Updated: 08/03/2022 02:14
Changes: 05/08/2016 19:53 (61), 12/04/2018 11:08 (14), 08/03/2022 02:14 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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