Wireshark (Ethereal) IPsec ESP preference parser off-by-one
| wireshark-esp-offbyone (28553) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Wireshark (formerly known as Ethereal) is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by multiple off-by-one errors in the IPsec ESP preference parser, if Wireshark was compiled with ESP decryption support. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specially-crafted packet to cause the application to crash and possibly execute arbitrary commands on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux ES
- RedHat, Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- Wireshark, Wireshark 0.99.2
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Wireshark (0.99.3 or later), as listed in Wireshark Security Advisory wnpa-sec-2006-02. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200608-26 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux:
Refer to RHSA-2006:0658-14 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Wireshark Web site, Wireshark: The World's Most Popular Network Protocol Analyzer at http://www.wireshark.org.
- wnpa-sec-2006-02, Multiple problems in Wireshark (Ethereal®) versions 0.7.9 to 0.99.2 at http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-02.html.
- ASA-2006-227: wireshark security update (RHSA-2006-0658)
- BID-19690: Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-4331: Multiple off-by-one errors in the IPSec ESP preference parser in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors.
- GLSA-200608-26: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:152: Updated wireshark packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2006-0658: wireshark security update
- SA21597: Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA22378: Avaya Products Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1016736: Wireshark (Ethereal) Bugs in SCSI, DHCP, and Q.2931 Dissectors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code or Deny Service
- US-CERT VU#638376: Wireshark contains multiple off-by-one errors in the IPSec ESP preference parser
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3370: Wireshark Multiple Protocol Dissectors Remote Code Execution and DoS Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Aug 23, 2006
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