22092 : Ethereal GTP Dissector Infinite Loop Remote DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2005-12-27

Description

Ethereal contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is caused due to an infinite loop error in the GTP protocol dissector, and will consume all CPU resources, resulting in loss of availability for the platform.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability, Impact Unknown
Exploit: Exploit Unknown

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.10.14 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Ethereal	Ethereal	0.9.1
		0.10.13

References

Security Tracker: 1015414
Secunia Advisory ID: 18229 18426 18911 19012 19230
CVE ID: 2005-4585 (see also: NVD)
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2005-3095
Keyword: enpa-sa-00022
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060201-01.U.asc http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0008.html
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-046.htm
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00022.html
Vendor URL: http://www.ethereal.com/
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2006:0156

Tools & Filters

	20480

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-12-30 | Disagree?

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