Executive Summary

Summary
Title Wireshark: Denial of Service
Informations
Name GLSA-200808-04 First vendor Publication 2008-08-06
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2008-08-06
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark.

Background

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer with a graphical front-end.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities related to memory management were discovered in the GSM SMS dissector (CVE-2008-3137), the PANA and KISMET dissectors (CVE-2008-3138), the RTMPT dissector (CVE-2008-3139), the syslog dissector (CVE-2008-3140) and the RMI dissector (CVE-2008-3141)
and when reassembling fragmented packets (CVE-2008-3145).

Impact

A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a specially crafted packet on a network being monitored by Wireshark or enticing a user to read a malformed packet trace file, causing a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.0.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2008-3137 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3137
[ 2 ] CVE-2008-3138 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3138
[ 3 ] CVE-2008-3139 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3139
[ 4 ] CVE-2008-3140 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3140
[ 5 ] CVE-2008-3141 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3141
[ 6 ] CVE-2008-3145 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3145

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-04.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-04.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
60 % CWE-200 Information Exposure
40 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10536
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10536
Title: The (1) PANA and (2) KISMET dissectors in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 through 1.0.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application stop) via unknown vectors.
Description: The (1) PANA and (2) KISMET dissectors in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 through 1.0.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application stop) via unknown vectors.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-3138
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10860
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10860
Title: The GSM SMS dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors.
Description: The GSM SMS dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-3137
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11324
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11324
Title: Unspecified vulnerability in the RMI dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.5 through 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to read system memory via unspecified vectors.
Description: Unspecified vulnerability in the RMI dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.5 through 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to read system memory via unspecified vectors.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-3141
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14682
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14682
Title: RTMPT dissector vulnerability in Wireshark 0.99.8 through 1.0.0
Description: The RTMPT dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.8 through 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors. NOTE: this might be due to a use-after-free error.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-3139
Version: 9
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Product(s): Wireshark
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14700
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14700
Title: syslog dissector vulnerability in Wireshark 1.0.0
Description: The syslog dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors, possibly related to an "incomplete SS7 MSU syslog encapsulated packet."
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-3140
Version: 6
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Product(s): Wireshark
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14898
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14898
Title: Vulnerability in PANA and KISMET dissectors in Wireshark 0.99.3 through 1.0.0
Description: The (1) PANA and (2) KISMET dissectors in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 through 1.0.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application stop) via unknown vectors.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-3138
Version: 8
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Product(s): Wireshark
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15068
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15068
Title: GSM SMS dissector vulnerability in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.0
Description: The GSM SMS dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-3137
Version: 6
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Product(s): Wireshark
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26349
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26349
Title: Denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark via fragmented packets
Description: The fragment_add_work function in epan/reassemble.c in Wireshark 0.8.19 through 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a series of fragmented packets with non-sequential fragmentation offset values, which lead to a buffer over-read.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-3145
Version: 4
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Product(s): Wireshark
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26384
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26384
Title: Unspecified vulnerability in Wireshark via RMI dissector
Description: Unspecified vulnerability in the RMI dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.5 through 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to read system memory via unspecified vectors.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-3141
Version: 4
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Product(s): Wireshark
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9020
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9020
Title: The fragment_add_work function in epan/reassemble.c in Wireshark 0.8.19 through 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a series of fragmented packets with non-sequential fragmentation offset values, which lead to a buffer over-read.
Description: The fragment_add_work function in epan/reassemble.c in Wireshark 0.8.19 through 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a series of fragmented packets with non-sequential fragmentation offset values, which lead to a buffer over-read.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-3145
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 15

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-13 Name : SLES10: Security update for ethereal
File : nvt/sles10_ethereal0.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for ethereal
File : nvt/sles9p5033780.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for wireshark MDVSA-2008:152 (wireshark)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_152.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for wireshark RHSA-2008:0890-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0890-01_wireshark.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2008:0890 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0890_wireshark_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2008:0890 centos3 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0890_wireshark_centos3_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2008:0890 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0890_wireshark_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2008:0890 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0890_wireshark_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for wireshark FEDORA-2008-6440
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_6440_wireshark_fc9.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for wireshark FEDORA-2008-6645
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_6645_wireshark_fc8.nasl
2008-12-03 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1673-1 (wireshark)
File : nvt/deb_1673_1.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200808-04 (wireshark)
File : nvt/glsa_200808_04.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
46927 Wireshark reassemble.c Packet Reassembly Unspecified Remote DoS

46651 Wireshark syslog Dissector Unspecified DoS

46650 Wireshark RMI Dissector Unspecified System Memory Disclosure

46649 Wireshark RTMPT Dissector Unspecified DoS

46648 Wireshark KISMET Dissector Unspecified DoS

46647 Wireshark PANA Dissector Unspecified DoS

46646 Wireshark GSM SMS Dissector Unspecified DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0890.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20081001_wireshark_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12225.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_wireshark-080814.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-152.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-01 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1673.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-02 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0890.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-02 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0890.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-26 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_ethereal-5520.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-26 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_wireshark-5515.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-07 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200808-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-23 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-6645.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-16 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-6440.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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