Vulnerabilities > CVE-2003-0159 - Unspecified vulnerability in Ethereal Group Ethereal

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the NTLMSSP code for Ethereal 0.9.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Nessus

  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRAKE_MDKSA-2003-051.NASL
    descriptionA vulnerability was discovered in Ethereal 0.9.9 and earlier that allows a remote attacker to use specially crafted SOCKS packets to cause a denial of service (DoS) and possibly execute arbitrary code. A similar vulnerability also exists in the NTLMSSP code in Ethereal 0.9.9 and earlier, due to a heap-based buffer overflow.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id14035
    published2004-07-31
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/14035
    titleMandrake Linux Security Advisory : ethereal (MDKSA-2003:051)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2003:051. 
    # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(14035);
      script_version ("1.18");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:46");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0081", "CVE-2003-0159");
      script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2003:051");
    
      script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ethereal (MDKSA-2003:051)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "A vulnerability was discovered in Ethereal 0.9.9 and earlier that
    allows a remote attacker to use specially crafted SOCKS packets to
    cause a denial of service (DoS) and possibly execute arbitrary code.
    
    A similar vulnerability also exists in the NTLMSSP code in Ethereal
    0.9.9 and earlier, due to a heap-based buffer overflow."
      );
      # http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00008.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://ethereal.archive.sunet.se/appnotes/enpa-sa-00008.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected ethereal package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ethereal");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.1");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/04/24");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/07/31");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"ethereal-0.9.11-1.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2003-077.NASL
    descriptionUpdated Ethereal packages fixing a number of remotely exploitable security issues are now available. Ethereal is a package designed for monitoring network traffic. A number of security issues affect Ethereal. By exploiting these issues it may be possible to make Ethereal crash or run arbitrary code by injecting a purposefully malformed packet onto the wire, or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. Ethereal 0.9.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via carefully crafted SOCKS packets. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2003-0081 to this issue. A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the NTLMSSP code for Ethereal 0.9.9 and earlier. (CVE-2003-0159) Multiple off-by-one vulnerabilities exist in Ethereal 0.9.11 and earlier in the AIM, GIOP Gryphon, OSPF, PPTP, Quake, Quake2, Quake3, Rsync, SMB, SMPP, and TSP dissectors, which do not properly use the tvb_get_nstringz and tvb_get_nstringz0 functions. (CVE-2003-0356) Multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities exist in Ethereal 0.9.11 and earlier in the Mount and PPP dissectors. (CVE-2003-0357) A vulnerability in the DCERPC dissector exists in Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a certain NDR string. (CVE-2003-0428) A possible buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier, caused by invalid IPv4 or IPv6 prefix lengths and possibly triggering a buffer overflow. (CVE-2003-0429) A vulnerability exists in Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid ASN.1 value. (CVE-2003-0430) The tvb_get_nstringz0 function in Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier does not properly handle a zero-length buffer size. (CVE-2003-0431) Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier does not handle certain strings properly in the BGP, WTP, DNS, 802.11, ISAKMP, WSP, CLNP, ISIS, and RMI dissectors. (CVE-2003-0432) Users of Ethereal should update to these erratum packages containing Ethereal version 0.9.13, which are not vulnerable to these issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id12373
    published2004-07-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/12373
    titleRHEL 2.1 : ethereal (RHSA-2003:077)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2003:077. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(12373);
      script_version ("1.28");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:10");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0081", "CVE-2003-0159", "CVE-2003-0356", "CVE-2003-0357", "CVE-2003-0428", "CVE-2003-0429", "CVE-2003-0430", "CVE-2003-0431", "CVE-2003-0432");
      script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2003:077");
    
      script_name(english:"RHEL 2.1 : ethereal (RHSA-2003:077)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Updated Ethereal packages fixing a number of remotely exploitable
    security issues are now available.
    
    Ethereal is a package designed for monitoring network traffic.
    
    A number of security issues affect Ethereal. By exploiting these
    issues it may be possible to make Ethereal crash or run arbitrary code
    by injecting a purposefully malformed packet onto the wire, or by
    convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
    
    Ethereal 0.9.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial
    of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via carefully
    crafted SOCKS packets. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
    project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2003-0081 to this
    issue.
    
    A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the NTLMSSP code for Ethereal
    0.9.9 and earlier. (CVE-2003-0159)
    
    Multiple off-by-one vulnerabilities exist in Ethereal 0.9.11 and
    earlier in the AIM, GIOP Gryphon, OSPF, PPTP, Quake, Quake2, Quake3,
    Rsync, SMB, SMPP, and TSP dissectors, which do not properly use the
    tvb_get_nstringz and tvb_get_nstringz0 functions. (CVE-2003-0356)
    
    Multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities exist in Ethereal 0.9.11 and
    earlier in the Mount and PPP dissectors. (CVE-2003-0357)
    
    A vulnerability in the DCERPC dissector exists in Ethereal 0.9.12 and
    earlier, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service
    (memory consumption) via a certain NDR string. (CVE-2003-0428)
    
    A possible buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Ethereal 0.9.12 and
    earlier, caused by invalid IPv4 or IPv6 prefix lengths and possibly
    triggering a buffer overflow. (CVE-2003-0429)
    
    A vulnerability exists in Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier, allowing remote
    attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid ASN.1
    value. (CVE-2003-0430)
    
    The tvb_get_nstringz0 function in Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier does not
    properly handle a zero-length buffer size. (CVE-2003-0431)
    
    Ethereal 0.9.12 and earlier does not handle certain strings properly
    in the BGP, WTP, DNS, 802.11, ISAKMP, WSP, CLNP, ISIS, and RMI
    dissectors. (CVE-2003-0432)
    
    Users of Ethereal should update to these erratum packages containing
    Ethereal version 0.9.13, which are not vulnerable to these issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0081"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0159"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0356"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0357"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0428"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0429"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0430"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0431"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0432"
      );
      # http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00008.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://ethereal.archive.sunet.se/appnotes/enpa-sa-00008.html"
      );
      # http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00009.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://ethereal.archive.sunet.se/appnotes/enpa-sa-00009.html"
      );
      # http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://ethereal.archive.sunet.se/appnotes/enpa-sa-00010.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:077"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected ethereal and / or ethereal-gnome packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ethereal");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ethereal-gnome");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2003/03/18");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/07/08");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/07/06");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^2\.1([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 2.1", "Red Hat " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
    if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i386", cpu);
    
    yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
    if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
    {
      rhsa = "RHSA-2003:077";
      yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
      if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
      {
        security_report_v4(
          port       : 0,
          severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
          extra      : yum_report 
        );
        exit(0);
      }
      else
      {
        audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
        audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
      }
    }
    else
    {
      flag = 0;
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL2.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"ethereal-0.9.13-1.AS21.1")) flag++;
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL2.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"ethereal-gnome-0.9.13-1.AS21.1")) flag++;
    
      if (flag)
      {
        security_report_v4(
          port       : 0,
          severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
          extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
        );
        exit(0);
      }
      else
      {
        tested = pkg_tests_get();
        if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
        else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ethereal / ethereal-gnome");
      }
    }
    

Oval

accepted2007-04-25T19:52:34.756-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameJay Beale
    organizationBastille Linux
  • nameJay Beale
    organizationBastille Linux
  • nameThomas R. Jones
    organizationMaitreya Security
descriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the NTLMSSP code for Ethereal 0.9.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.
familyunix
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:55
statusaccepted
submitted2003-08-17T12:00:00.000-04:00
titleEthereal NTLMSSP Buffer Overflow
version38

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2003:077