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CERT-In Vulnerability Note CIVN-2008-0182
Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability

Original Issue Date:December 02, 2008

Severity Rating: HIGH

Systems Affected

  • Wireshark versions 1.0.4 and prior

Overview

A vulnerability has been reported in Wireshark versions 1.0.4 and prior, which could be exploited by the remote attackers to cause Denial of Service attacks.

Description

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the implementation SMTP dissector in Wireshark versions 1.0.4 and prior, which could be exploited to perform Denial of Service attack on the system having the affected version of the application.

A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending an SMTP request with large content to trigger the execution of an infinite loop.

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark 1.0.5 prerelease or later.
http://www.wireshark.org/download/prerelease/

Vendor Information

Wireshark
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=24989
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=24994

References

SecurityFocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32422

Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32840/

SecurityTracker
http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Nov/1021275.html

Bach Khoa Internetwork Security Center BKIS
http://security.bkis.vn/?p=271

CVE Name
CVE-2008-5285

Disclaimer

The information provided herein is on "as is" basis, without warranty of any kind.

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Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Government of India
Electronics Niketan
6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi - 110 003
India

 
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