Wireshark LDAP dissector denial of service
| wireshark-ldap-dissector-dos (41516) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an unspecified error in the LDAP 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
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- 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 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
- Wireshark, Wireshark 0.99.2 - 0.99.8
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Wireshark (1.0 or later), available from the Wireshark Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Wireshark Web site, Wireshark: Download at http://www.wireshark.org/download.html.
- 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.
- ASA-2008-392: wireshark security update (RHSA-2008-0890)
- BID-28485: Wireshark 0.99.8 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-1562: The LDAP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 0.99.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5740.
- GLSA-200805-05: Wireshark: Denial of Service
- MDVSA-2008:091: Updated wireshark packages fix denial of service vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2008-0890: Moderate: wireshark security update
- 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
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-1007: Wireshark Data Processing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2773: Avaya Products Wireshark Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Mar 28, 2008
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