37640 : Wireshark Malformed SSL / MMS Packet Handling DoS
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Disclosure

Apr 30, 2007

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

Wireshark contains a flaw in the way it handles SSL and MMS packets that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered by a specially crafted packet, 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
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.99.6 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

0.99.5

References

FrSIRT Advisory: ADV-2007-2353
Bugtraq ID: 24662
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1582
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-0.99.6.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-02.html
Related OSVDB ID: 37639 37641 37642 37643
Other Advisory URL: http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:145
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-08/msg00003.html
http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2007-July/000208.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-12.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1322
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-12.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:145
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1322
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-0.99.6.html
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1498
ISS X-Force ID: 35203
Secunia Advisory ID: 22588 25833 25877 25987 26004 26499 28583
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-08/0199.html
CVE ID: 2007-3392 (see also: NVD)
Security Tracker: 1018315

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