27370 : Wireshark SSH Dissector Infinite Loop DoS
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Disclosure

Jul 17, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

The Wireshark SSH dissector contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered by a malformed packet or trace file, and will result in loss of availability for the application.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
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: 2006-3631 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 21078 21107 21204 21249 21467 21488 21598 22089
Related OSVDB ID: 27360 27361 27362 27363 27364 27365 27366 27367 27368 27369 27371
ISS X-Force ID: 27829
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
Other Advisory URL: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:128
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2006:0602

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