Wireshark (Ethereal) DNP3 dissector denial of service
| wireshark-dnp3-dos (36392) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Wireshark (formerly known as Ethereal) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the DNP3 dissector. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 4.1 |
| Exploitability: | Functional |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Wireshark (0.99.6 or later), available from the Wireshark Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Sep 04 2007 - 08:55:36 CDT: Wireshark DNP3 Dissector Infinite Loop Vulnerability.
- Securiteam Web site: Wireshark DNP3 Dissector Infinite Loop Vulnerability.
- Wireshark Web site: Wireshark: The World's Most Popular Network Protocol Analyzer.
- CVE-2007-4721: Integer signedness error in the DNP3 dissector in Wireshark 0.99.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a certain DNP3 packet.
- MDKSA-2007:145: Updated wireshark packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2007-0709: Low: wireshark security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2007-0710: Low: wireshark security update
- SECTRACK ID: 1018635: Wireshark DNP3 Dissector Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service
Platforms Affected:
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
- Wireshark Wireshark prior to 0.99.6
Reported:
Aug 30, 2007
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