Wireshark DOCSIS dissector denial of service

wireshark-docsis-dos (58362)

Medium Risk

Description:

Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an unspecified error in the DOCSIS dissector. By sending a specially-crafted DOCSIS packet, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector:	Network
Access Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial
Temporal Score:	3.6
Exploitability:	Functional
Remediation Level:	Official-Fix
Report Confidence:	Confirmed

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

Refer to wnpa-sec-2010-03 and wnpa-sec-2010-04 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.

References:

• wnpa-sec-2010-03 : DOCSIS vulnerabilities in Wireshark® version 0.9.6 to 1.0.12 .
• wnpa-sec-2010-04 : DOCSIS vulnerabilities in Wireshark® version 0.9.6 to 1.2.7 .
• BID-39950: Wireshark DOCSIS Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability
• CVE-2010-1455: The DOCSIS dissector in Wireshark 0.9.6 through 1.0.12 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet trace file.
• GLSA-201006-05: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
• MDVSA-2010:099: wireshark
• OSVDB ID: 64363: Wireshark DOCSIS Dissector Remote DoS
• RHSA-2010-0625: Moderate: wireshark security update
• SA39661: Wireshark DOCSIS Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability
• SUSE-SR:2011:001: SUSE Security Summary Report
• SUSE-SR:2011:002: SUSE Security Summary Report
• SUSE-SR:2011:007: SUSE Security Summary Report
• VUPEN/ADV-2010-1081: Wireshark DOCSIS Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability

Platforms Affected:

• Gentoo Linux
• MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
• MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
• Mandriva Enterprise Server 5 X86_64
• Mandriva Enterprise Server 5
• Mandriva Linux 2009.0 X86_64
• Mandriva Linux 2009.1 X86_64
• Mandriva Linux 2009.1
• Mandriva Linux 2010
• Mandriva Linux 2010 X86_64
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.8.z ES
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.8.z AS
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
• RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
• Wireshark Wireshark 0.10
• Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.13
• Wireshark Wireshark 0.10.4
• Wireshark Wireshark 0.9.10
• Wireshark Wireshark 0.9.6
• Wireshark Wireshark 0.99
• Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.1
• Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.2
• Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.3
• Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.4
• Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.5
• Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.6
• Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.7
• Wireshark Wireshark 0.99.8
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.0
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.1
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.10
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.11
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.12
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.2
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.3
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.4
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.5
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.6
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.7
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.8
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.0.9
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.2
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.1
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.2
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.3
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.4
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.5
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.6
• Wireshark Wireshark 1.2.7

Reported:

Apr 05, 2010

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