Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-1072 - Denial of Service vulnerability in Wireshark 0.99.7
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
The TFTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.6.0 through 0.99.7, when running on Ubuntu 7.10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) via a malformed packet, possibly related to a Cairo library bug.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20081001_WIRESHARK_ON_SL3_X.NASL description Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2008-3146) Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malformed dump file. (CVE-2008-1070, CVE-2008-1071, CVE-2008-1072, CVE-2008-1561, CVE-2008-1562, CVE-2008-1563, CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138, CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145, CVE-2008-3932, CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-3934) Additionally, this update changes the default Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) configuration to always prompt for the root password before each start of Wireshark. This avoids unintentionally running Wireshark with root privileges. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 60479 published 2012-08-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60479 title Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64 code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(60479); script_version("1.11"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:17"); script_cve_id("CVE-2008-1070", "CVE-2008-1071", "CVE-2008-1072", "CVE-2008-1561", "CVE-2008-1562", "CVE-2008-1563", "CVE-2008-3137", "CVE-2008-3138", "CVE-2008-3141", "CVE-2008-3145", "CVE-2008-3146", "CVE-2008-3932", "CVE-2008-3933", "CVE-2008-3934"); script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2008-3146) Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malformed dump file. (CVE-2008-1070, CVE-2008-1071, CVE-2008-1072, CVE-2008-1561, CVE-2008-1562, CVE-2008-1563, CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138, CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145, CVE-2008-3932, CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-3934) Additionally, this update changes the default Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) configuration to always prompt for the root password before each start of Wireshark. This avoids unintentionally running Wireshark with root privileges." ); # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0810&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=384 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0f85c945" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected wireshark and / or wireshark-gnome packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true"); script_cwe_id(20, 119, 200, 399); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2008/02/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/10/01"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/08/01"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/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); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux"); 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 (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"SL3", reference:"wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SL3", reference:"wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SL4", reference:"wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SL4", reference:"wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-4.el5_2")) 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 family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2008-057.NASL description A few vulnerabilities were found in Wireshark, that could cause it to crash or consume excessive memory under certain conditions. This update rovides Wireshark 0.99.8 which is not vulnerable to the issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 36386 published 2009-04-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/36386 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2008:057) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:057. # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(36386); script_version ("1.15"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:50"); script_cve_id("CVE-2008-1070", "CVE-2008-1071", "CVE-2008-1072"); script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2008:057"); script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2008:057)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "A few vulnerabilities were found in Wireshark, that could cause it to crash or consume excessive memory under certain conditions. This update rovides Wireshark 0.99.8 which is not vulnerable to the issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-01.html" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true"); script_cwe_id(399); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64wireshark-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64wireshark0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libwireshark-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libwireshark0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:tshark"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:wireshark"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:wireshark-tools"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/03/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/04/23"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 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:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64wireshark0-0.99.8-0.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libwireshark0-0.99.8-0.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"tshark-0.99.8-0.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"wireshark-0.99.8-0.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"wireshark-tools-0.99.8-0.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64wireshark0-0.99.8-0.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libwireshark0-0.99.8-0.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"tshark-0.99.8-0.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"wireshark-0.99.8-0.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"wireshark-tools-0.99.8-0.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64wireshark-devel-0.99.8-0.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64wireshark0-0.99.8-0.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libwireshark-devel-0.99.8-0.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libwireshark0-0.99.8-0.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"tshark-0.99.8-0.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"wireshark-0.99.8-0.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"wireshark-tools-0.99.8-0.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2008-0890.NASL description Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal. Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2008-3146) Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malformed dump file. (CVE-2008-1070, CVE-2008-1071, CVE-2008-1072, CVE-2008-1561, CVE-2008-1562, CVE-2008-1563, CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138, CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145, CVE-2008-3932, CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-3934) Additionally, this update changes the default Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) configuration to always prompt for the root password before each start of Wireshark. This avoids unintentionally running Wireshark with root privileges. Users of wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.3, and resolve these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34326 published 2008-10-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34326 title CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2008:0890) 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-2008:0890 and # CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0890 respectively. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(34326); script_version("1.27"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2008-1070", "CVE-2008-1071", "CVE-2008-1072", "CVE-2008-1561", "CVE-2008-1562", "CVE-2008-1563", "CVE-2008-3137", "CVE-2008-3138", "CVE-2008-3141", "CVE-2008-3145", "CVE-2008-3146", "CVE-2008-3932", "CVE-2008-3933", "CVE-2008-3934"); script_bugtraq_id(28025, 28485, 30020, 30181, 31009); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2008:0890"); script_name(english:"CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2008:0890)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal. Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2008-3146) Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malformed dump file. (CVE-2008-1070, CVE-2008-1071, CVE-2008-1072, CVE-2008-1561, CVE-2008-1562, CVE-2008-1563, CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138, CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145, CVE-2008-3932, CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-3934) Additionally, this update changes the default Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) configuration to always prompt for the root password before each start of Wireshark. This avoids unintentionally running Wireshark with root privileges. Users of wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.3, and resolve these issues." ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-October/015281.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ca1ababf" ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-October/015282.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8dbb3197" ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-October/015283.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ce4d9856" ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-October/015284.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f3efc196" ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-October/015290.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?cc966927" ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-October/015291.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?61878bf6" ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-October/015297.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?eabadb13" ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-October/015298.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d42afa4a" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected wireshark packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true"); script_cwe_id(20, 119, 200, 399); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:wireshark"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:wireshark-gnome"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2008/02/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/10/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/10/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/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); release = get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/release"); if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^(3|4|5)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 3.x / 4.x / 5.x", "CentOS " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", reference:"wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", reference:"wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"i386", reference:"wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"ia64", reference:"wireshark-1.0.3-3.c4")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"i386", reference:"wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"ia64", reference:"wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.c4")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-4.el5_2")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "wireshark / wireshark-gnome"); }
NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2008-0890.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2008:0890 : Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal. Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2008-3146) Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malformed dump file. (CVE-2008-1070, CVE-2008-1071, CVE-2008-1072, CVE-2008-1561, CVE-2008-1562, CVE-2008-1563, CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138, CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145, CVE-2008-3932, CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-3934) Additionally, this update changes the default Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) configuration to always prompt for the root password before each start of Wireshark. This avoids unintentionally running Wireshark with root privileges. Users of wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.3, and resolve these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 67748 published 2013-07-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67748 title Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (ELSA-2008-0890) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200803-32.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200803-32 (Wireshark: Denial of Service) Multiple unspecified errors exist in the SCTP, SNMP, and TFTP dissectors. Impact : A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service by sending a malformed packet. Workaround : Disable the SCTP, SNMP, and TFTP dissectors. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 31672 published 2008-03-26 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/31672 title GLSA-200803-32 : Wireshark: Denial of Service NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2008-3040.NASL description Upgrade to 1.0.0 fixes several security flaws (wireshark crashes, see BZ references). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 31829 published 2008-04-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/31829 title Fedora 8 : wireshark-1.0.0-1.fc8 (2008-3040) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2008-2941.NASL description Upgrade to 1.0.0 fixes several security flaws (wireshark crashes, see BZ references). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 31817 published 2008-04-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/31817 title Fedora 7 : wireshark-1.0.0-1.fc7 (2008-2941) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2008-0890.NASL description Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal. Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2008-3146) Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malformed dump file. (CVE-2008-1070, CVE-2008-1071, CVE-2008-1072, CVE-2008-1561, CVE-2008-1562, CVE-2008-1563, CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138, CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145, CVE-2008-3932, CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-3934) Additionally, this update changes the default Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) configuration to always prompt for the root password before each start of Wireshark. This avoids unintentionally running Wireshark with root privileges. Users of wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.3, and resolve these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34328 published 2008-10-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34328 title RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (RHSA-2008:0890)
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description | The TFTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.6.0 through 0.99.7, when running on Ubuntu 7.10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) via a malformed packet, possibly related to a Cairo library bug. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
family | unix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
submitted | 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title | The TFTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.6.0 through 0.99.7, when running on Ubuntu 7.10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) via a malformed packet, possibly related to a Cairo library bug. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
version | 27 |
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contributor | Mark J Cox |
lastmodified | 2008-10-17 |
organization | Red Hat |
statement | The affected version of Wireshark as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 were fixed via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29156
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29223
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29242
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29511
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29736
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-32.xml
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0092
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:057
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488967/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28025
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019515
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0704
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-01.html
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2296
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10188
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00140.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00228.html