27368 : Wireshark NDPS Dissector Unspecified Off-by-one
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Disclosure

Jul 17, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Keywords

formerly ethereal

Description

A remote overflow exists in the Wireshark NDPS dissector. The application fails to properly iterate over a buffer resulting in a off-by-one overflow. With a specially crafted packet, an attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.99.2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Gerald Combs

Wireshark

0.99.0

References

Bugtraq ID: 19051
CVE ID: 2006-3630 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 21078 21107 21121 21204 21249 21467 21488 21598 22089
Related OSVDB ID: 27360 27361 27362 27363 27364 27365 27366 27367 27369 27370 27371
ISS X-Force ID: 27827
FrSIRT Advisory: ADV-2006-2850
Keyword: formerly ethereal wnpa-sec-2006-01
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P.asc http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Aug/0006.html
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-197.htm
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200607-09.xml
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1127
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-01.html
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-512
Other Advisory URL: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:128
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2006:0602

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