Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-1829 - Denial of Service vulnerability in Wireshark PCNFSD Dissector

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
wireshark
nessus

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the PCNFSD dissector in Wireshark 0.8.20 through 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted PCNFSD packets.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2009-5382.NASL
    descriptionUpdate to 1.0.8 fixes various security flaws. http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-03.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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id38907
    published2009-05-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/38907
    titleFedora 10 : wireshark-1.0.8-1.fc10 (2009-5382)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2009-5382.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(38907);
      script_version ("1.15");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:30");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1210", "CVE-2009-1268", "CVE-2009-1269", "CVE-2009-1829");
      script_bugtraq_id(35081);
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2009-5382");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 10 : wireshark-1.0.8-1.fc10 (2009-5382)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Update to 1.0.8 fixes various security flaws.
    http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-03.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."
      );
      # http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-03.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-03.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501929"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2009-May/024114.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?fdd4af27"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected wireshark package."
      );
      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, 134);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wireshark");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/05/25");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/05/26");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "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) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! ereg(pattern:"^10([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 10.x", "Fedora " + 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$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC10", reference:"wireshark-1.0.8-1.fc10")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "wireshark");
    }
    
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20090615_WIRESHARK_ON_SL3_X.NASL
    descriptionA format string flaw was found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2009-1210) 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 malicious dump file. (CVE-2009-1268, CVE-2009-1269, CVE-2009-1829) All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id60596
    published2012-08-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60596
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_A2D4A3304D5411DE88110030843D3802.NASL
    descriptionSecunia reports : A vulnerability has been reported in Wireshark, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the PCNFSD dissector and can be exploited to cause a crash via a specially crafted PCNFSD packet.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id38967
    published2009-06-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/38967
    titleFreeBSD : wireshark -- PCNFSD Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability (a2d4a330-4d54-11de-8811-0030843d3802)
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2009-125.NASL
    descriptionA vulnerability has been identified and corrected in wireshark : o Unspecified vulnerability in the PCNFSD dissector in Wireshark 0.8.20 through 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted PCNFSD packets (CVE-2009-1829). This update provides Wireshark 1.0.8, which is not vulnerable to this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id38981
    published2009-06-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/38981
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2009:125)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200906-05.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200906-05 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark: David Maciejak discovered a vulnerability in packet-usb.c in the USB dissector via a malformed USB Request Block (URB) (CVE-2008-4680). Florent Drouin and David Maciejak reported an unspecified vulnerability in the Bluetooth RFCOMM dissector (CVE-2008-4681). A malformed Tamos CommView capture file (aka .ncf file) with an
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id39580
    published2009-07-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/39580
    titleGLSA-200906-05 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1942.NASL
    descriptionSeveral remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Wireshark network traffic analyzer, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2009-2560 A NULL pointer dereference was found in the RADIUS dissector. - CVE-2009-3550 A NULL pointer dereference was found in the DCERP/NT dissector. - CVE-2009-3829 An integer overflow was discovered in the ERF parser. This update also includes fixes for three minor issues (CVE-2008-1829, CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-3241 ), which were scheduled for the next stable point update. Also CVE-2009-1268 was fixed for Etch. Since this security update was issued prior to the release of the point update, the fixes were included.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id44807
    published2010-02-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/44807
    titleDebian DSA-1942-1 : wireshark - several vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2009-1100.NASL
    descriptionFrom Red Hat Security Advisory 2009:1100 : 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. A format string flaw was found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2009-1210) 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 malicious dump file. (CVE-2009-1268, CVE-2009-1269, CVE-2009-1829) Users of wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.8, and resolve these issues. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id67871
    published2013-07-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67871
    titleOracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (ELSA-2009-1100)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2009-1100.NASL
    descriptionUpdated 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. A format string flaw was found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2009-1210) 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 malicious dump file. (CVE-2009-1268, CVE-2009-1269, CVE-2009-1829) Users of wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.8, and resolve these issues. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id39411
    published2009-06-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/39411
    titleRHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (RHSA-2009:1100)
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2009-1100.NASL
    descriptionUpdated 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. A format string flaw was found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2009-1210) 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 malicious dump file. (CVE-2009-1268, CVE-2009-1269, CVE-2009-1829) Users of wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.8, and resolve these issues. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id39423
    published2009-06-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/39423
    titleCentOS 3 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2009:1100)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2009-5339.NASL
    descriptionUpgrade to 1.0.8 fixes various security flaws. http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-02.html http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-03.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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id38904
    published2009-05-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/38904
    titleFedora 9 : wireshark-1.0.8-1.fc9 (2009-5339)

Oval

accepted2013-04-29T04:18:38.197-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameAharon Chernin
    organizationSCAP.com, LLC
  • nameDragos Prisaca
    organizationG2, Inc.
definition_extensions
  • commentThe operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11782
  • commentCentOS Linux 3.x
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:16651
  • commentThe operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831
  • commentCentOS Linux 4.x
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636
  • commentOracle Linux 4.x
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990
  • commentThe operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11414
  • commentThe operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:15802
  • commentOracle Linux 5.x
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:15459
descriptionUnspecified vulnerability in the PCNFSD dissector in Wireshark 0.8.20 through 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted PCNFSD packets.
familyunix
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9270
statusaccepted
submitted2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00
titleUnspecified vulnerability in the PCNFSD dissector in Wireshark 0.8.20 through 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted PCNFSD packets.
version27

Redhat

advisories
bugzilla
id501929
titleCVE-2009-1829 wireshark: PCNFSD dissector crash
oval
OR
  • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
    ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026
  • AND
    • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is installed
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304025
    • OR
      • AND
        • commentwireshark is earlier than 0:1.0.8-1.el4_8.1
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20091100001
        • commentwireshark is signed with Red Hat master key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20060602004
      • AND
        • commentwireshark-gnome is earlier than 0:1.0.8-1.el4_8.1
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20091100003
        • commentwireshark-gnome is signed with Red Hat master key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20060602002
  • AND
    • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070331005
    • OR
      • AND
        • commentwireshark is earlier than 0:1.0.8-1.el5_3.1
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20091100006
        • commentwireshark is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070066009
      • AND
        • commentwireshark-gnome is earlier than 0:1.0.8-1.el5_3.1
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20091100008
        • commentwireshark-gnome is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20070066007
rhsa
idRHSA-2009:1100
released2009-06-15
severityModerate
titleRHSA-2009:1100: wireshark security update (Moderate)
rpms
  • wireshark-0:1.0.8-1.el4_8.1
  • wireshark-0:1.0.8-1.el5_3.1
  • wireshark-0:1.0.8-EL3.1
  • wireshark-debuginfo-0:1.0.8-1.el4_8.1
  • wireshark-debuginfo-0:1.0.8-1.el5_3.1
  • wireshark-debuginfo-0:1.0.8-EL3.1
  • wireshark-gnome-0:1.0.8-1.el4_8.1
  • wireshark-gnome-0:1.0.8-1.el5_3.1
  • wireshark-gnome-0:1.0.8-EL3.1