Wireshark Roofnet dissector denial of service
| wireshark-roofnet-dissector-dos (41515) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an unspecified error in X.509sat or the Roofnet dissector. By persuading a victim to open a malformed trace file or by sending a specially-crafted packet, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the consumption of all available memory resources or cause the application to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Gentoo, Linux
- Mandriva, Corporate Server 4.0
- Mandriva, Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- Mandriva, Linux 2007.1
- Mandriva, Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- Mandriva, Linux 2008.0
- Mandriva, Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- Mandriva, Linux 2008.1
- Mandriva, Linux 2008.1 X86_64
- Wireshark, Wireshark 0.99.5 - 0.99.8
Remedy:
Refer to wnpa-sec-2008-02 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- wnpa-sec-2008-02, Multiple problems in Wireshark®versions 0.99.2 to 0.99.8 at http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-02.html.
- BID-28485: Wireshark 0.99.8 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-1561: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.5 through 0.99.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet to the (1) X.509sat or (2) Roofnet dissectors. NOTE: Vector 2 might also lead to a hang.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-1007: Wireshark Data Processing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200805-05: Wireshark: Denial of Service
- MDVSA-2008:091: Updated wireshark packages fix denial of service vulnerabilities
- SA29569: Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1019728: Wireshark X.509sat/Roofnet/LDAP/SCCP Dissector Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service
- SUSE-SR:2008:008: SUSE Security Summary Advisory
Reported:
Mar 28, 2008
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