Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-3146 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Wireshark
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Multiple buffer overflows in packet_ncp2222.inc in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.7 through 1.0.2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted NCP packet that causes an invalid pointer to be used.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE9_12225.NASL description Various vulnerabilities have been fixed in ethereal: CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138, CVE-2008-3139, CVE-2008-3140, CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145 and CVE-2008-3146. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41234 published 2009-09-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41234 title SuSE9 Security Update : ethereal (YOU Patch Number 12225) 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 NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_ETHEREAL-5520.NASL description Various vulnerabilities have been fixed in wireshark: CVE-2008-3137 / CVE-2008-3138 / CVE-2008-3139 / CVE-2008-3140 / CVE-2008-3141 / CVE-2008-3145 / CVE-2008-3146. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34046 published 2008-08-26 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34046 title SuSE 10 Security Update : ethereal (ZYPP Patch Number 5520) 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) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2008-199.NASL description A number of vulnerabilities were discovered in Wireshark that could cause it to crash while processing malicious packets (CVE-2008-3146, CVE-2008-3932, CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-3934). This update provides Wireshark 1.0.3, which is not vulnerable to these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 37900 published 2009-04-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/37900 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2008:199) 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 Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2008-7936.NASL description Upgrade to upstream version 1.0.3. Detailed upstream release notes: http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.0.3.html Security issues addressed in the new upstream version: http://www.wireshark.org/security /wnpa-sec-2008-05.html 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 34182 published 2008-09-12 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/34182 title Fedora 9 : wireshark-1.0.3-1.fc9 (2008-7936) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_0_WIRESHARK-080814.NASL description Various vulnerabilities have been fixed in wireshark: CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138, CVE-2008-3139, CVE-2008-3140, CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145 and CVE-2008-3146. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40151 published 2009-07-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40151 title openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-149) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200809-17.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200809-17 (Wireshark: Multiple Denials of Service) The following vulnerabilities were reported: Multiple buffer overflows in the NCP dissector (CVE-2008-3146). Infinite loop in the NCP dissector (CVE-2008-3932). Invalid read in the tvb_uncompress() function when processing zlib compressed data (CVE-2008-3933). Unspecified error when processing Textronix .rf5 files (CVE-2008-3934). Impact : A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending specially crafted packets on a network being monitored by Wireshark or by enticing a user to read a malformed packet trace file, causing a Denial of Service. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34298 published 2008-09-26 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34298 title GLSA-200809-17 : Wireshark: Multiple Denials of Service 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) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_WIRESHARK-5515.NASL description Various vulnerabilities have been fixed in wireshark: CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138, CVE-2008-3139, CVE-2008-3140, CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145 and CVE-2008-3146. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 34047 published 2008-08-26 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34047 title openSUSE 10 Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-5515) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2008-7894.NASL description Upgrade to upstream version 1.0.3. Detailed upstream release notes: http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.0.3.html Security issues addressed in the new upstream version: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa- sec-2008-05.html 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 34179 published 2008-09-12 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/34179 title Fedora 8 : wireshark-1.0.3-1.fc8 (2008-7894)
Oval
| accepted | 2013-04-29T04:07:11.416-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| description | Multiple buffer overflows in packet_ncp2222.inc in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.7 through 1.0.2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted NCP packet that causes an invalid pointer to be used. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| family | unix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10624 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| submitted | 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title | Multiple buffer overflows in packet_ncp2222.inc in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.7 through 1.0.2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted NCP packet that causes an invalid pointer to be used. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| version | 27 |
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References
- http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2675
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31864
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31886
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32028
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32091
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-17.xml
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0278
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:199
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496487/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020819
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2773
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-05.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10624
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00713.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00715.html