Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-2559 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in Wireshark 1.2.0
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Buffer overflow in the IPMI dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors related to an array index error. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
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 Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2009-7998.NASL description Rebased to 1.2.x, fixing several security flaws, see the security advisory for details: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.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 43015 published 2009-12-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/43015 title Fedora 10 : wireshark-1.2.1-1.fc10 (2009-7998) NASL family Windows NASL id WIRESHARK_1_2_1.NASL description The installed version of Wireshark or Ethereal is affected by multiple issues : - The IPMI dissector could overrun a buffer. (Bug 3559) - The AFS dissector could crash. (Bug 3564) - The Infiniband dissector could crash on some platforms. - The Bluetooth L2CAP dissector could crash. (Bug 3572) - The RADIUS dissector could crash. (Bug 3578) - The MIOP dissector could crash. (Bug 3652) - The sFlow dissector could use excessive CPU and memory. (Bug 3570) These vulnerabilities could result in a denial of service, or possibly arbitrary code execution. A remote attacker could exploit these issues by tricking a user into opening a maliciously crafted capture file. Additionally, if Wireshark is running in promiscuous mode, one of these issues could be exploited remotely (from the same network segment). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40335 published 2009-07-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40335 title Wireshark / Ethereal 0.9.2 to 1.2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200909-16.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200909-16 (Wireshark: Denial of Service) Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Wireshark: A buffer overflow in the IPMI dissector related to an array index error (CVE-2009-2559). Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Bluetooth L2CAP, RADIUS, and MIOP dissectors (CVE-2009-2560). An unspecified vulnerability in the sFlow dissector (CVE-2009-2561). An unspecified vulnerability in the AFS dissector (CVE-2009-2562). An unspecified vulnerability in the Infiniband dissector when running on unspecified platforms (CVE-2009-2563). 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 to cause a Denial of Service. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40963 published 2009-09-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40963 title GLSA-200909-16 : Wireshark: Denial of Service NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2009-9837.NASL description Update to Wireshark 1.2.2 fixing multiple security issues: http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.html * The OpcUa dissector could use excessive CPU and memory. (Bug 3986) Versions affected: 0.99.6 to 1.0.8, 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 * The GSM A RR dissector could crash. (Bug 3893) Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 * The TLS dissector could crash on some platforms. (Bug 4008) Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.1.html http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html * The AFS dissector could crash. (Bug 3564) Versions affected: 0.9.2 to 1.2.0 - The Infiniband dissector could crash on some platforms. Versions affected: 1.0.6 to 1.2.0 * The IPMI dissector could overrun a buffer. (Bug 3559) Versions affected: 1.2.0 * The Bluetooth L2CAP dissector could crash. (Bug 3572) Versions affected: 1.2.0 * The RADIUS dissector could crash. (Bug 3578) Versions affected: 1.2.0 * The MIOP dissector could crash. (Bug 3652) Versions affected: 1.2.0 * The sFlow dissector could use excessive CPU and memory. (Bug 3570) Versions affected: 1.2.0 (Issues from wnpa-sec-2009-04 does not affect users of Wireshark 1.2.1 packages from updates-testing.) 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 42387 published 2009-11-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/42387 title Fedora 11 : wireshark-1.2.2-1.fc11 (2009-9837)
Oval
| accepted | 2013-08-19T04:05:08.138-04:00 | ||||||||||||
| class | vulnerability | ||||||||||||
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| description | Buffer overflow in the IPMI dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors related to an array index error. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. | ||||||||||||
| family | windows | ||||||||||||
| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6379 | ||||||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||||||
| submitted | 2009-09-24T15:11:12 | ||||||||||||
| title | Buffer overflow in the IPMI dissector in Wireshark. | ||||||||||||
| version | 7 |
Statements
| contributor | Tomas Hoger |
| lastmodified | 2009-08-12 |
| organization | Red Hat |
| statement | Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5. |