30068 : Wireshark HTTP Dissector Unspecified DoS
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Disclosure

Oct 27, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

The Wireshark HTTP 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: Local / Remote
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.99.4 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

0.99.3

References

CVE ID: 2006-5468 (see also: NVD) 29840 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 20762
Secunia Advisory ID: 22590 22659 22672 22692 22797 22841 22929 23096
Related OSVDB ID: 30069 30070 30071 30072 30073
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P.asc http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Nov/0002.html
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1201
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1050
http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1079
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2006:0726

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