Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-3483 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in Wireshark 1.6.0/1.6.1
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed capture file that leads to an invalid root tvbuff, related to a "buffer exception handling vulnerability."
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
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.
Exploit-Db
| description | Wireshark 1.6.1 Malformed Packet Trace File Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability. CVE-2011-3483. Dos exploit for windows platform |
| id | EDB-ID:36128 |
| last seen | 2016-02-04 |
| modified | 2011-09-08 |
| published | 2011-09-08 |
| reporter | Wireshark |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/36128/ |
| title | Wireshark <= 1.6.1 - Malformed Packet Trace File Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability |
Nessus
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_3_WIRESHARK-111013.NASL description This update of wireshark fixes the following vulnerabilities : - CVE-2011-3266: Wireshark IKE dissector vulnerability - CVE-2011-3360: Wireshark Lua script execution vulnerability - CVE-2011-3483: Wireshark buffer exception handling vulnerability - CVE-2011-2597: Lucent/Ascend file parser susceptible to infinite loop - CVE-2011-2698: ANSI MAP dissector susceptible to infinite loop - CVE-2011-1957: Large/infinite loop in the DICOM dissector - CVE-2011-1959: A corrupted snoop file could crash Wireshark - CVE-2011-2174: Malformed compressed capture data could crash Wireshark - CVE-2011-2175: A corrupted Visual Networks file could crash Wireshark - CVE-2011-1958: dereferene a NULL pointer if we had a corrupted Diameter dictionary last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 75774 published 2014-06-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/75774 title openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2011:1142-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_4_WIRESHARK-111013.NASL description This update of wireshark fixes the following vulnerabilities : - CVE-2011-3266: Wireshark IKE dissector vulnerability - CVE-2011-3360: Wireshark Lua script execution vulnerability - CVE-2011-3483: Wireshark buffer exception handling vulnerability - CVE-2011-2597: Lucent/Ascend file parser susceptible to infinite loop - CVE-2011-2698: ANSI MAP dissector susceptible to infinite loop - CVE-2011-1957: Large/infinite loop in the DICOM dissector - CVE-2011-1959: A corrupted snoop file could crash Wireshark - CVE-2011-2174: Malformed compressed capture data could crash Wireshark - CVE-2011-2175: A corrupted Visual Networks file could crash Wireshark - CVE-2011-1958: dereferene a NULL pointer if we had a corrupted Diameter dictionary last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 76045 published 2014-06-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/76045 title openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2011:1142-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_WIRESHARK-7796.NASL description This update of wireshark fixes the following vulnerabilities : - Wireshark IKE dissector vulnerability. (CVE-2011-3266) - Wireshark Lua script execution vulnerability. (CVE-2011-3360) - Wireshark buffer exception handling vulnerability. (CVE-2011-3483) - Lucent/Ascend file parser susceptible to infinite loop. (CVE-2011-2597) - ANSI MAP dissector susceptible to infinite loop. (CVE-2011-2698) - Large/infinite loop in the DICOM dissector. (CVE-2011-1957) - A corrupted snoop file could crash Wireshark. (CVE-2011-1959) - Malformed compressed capture data could crash Wireshark. (CVE-2011-2174) - A corrupted Visual Networks file could crash Wireshark. (CVE-2011-2175) - dereferene a NULL pointer if we had a corrupted Diameter dictionary. (CVE-2011-1958) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 57263 published 2011-12-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57263 title SuSE 10 Security Update : wireshark (ZYPP Patch Number 7796) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_WIRESHARK-111013.NASL description This update of wireshark fixes the following vulnerabilities : - Wireshark IKE dissector vulnerability. (CVE-2011-3266) - Wireshark Lua script execution vulnerability. (CVE-2011-3360) - Wireshark buffer exception handling vulnerability. (CVE-2011-3483) - Lucent/Ascend file parser susceptible to infinite loop. (CVE-2011-2597) - ANSI MAP dissector susceptible to infinite loop. (CVE-2011-2698) - Large/infinite loop in the DICOM dissector. (CVE-2011-1957) - A corrupted snoop file could crash Wireshark. (CVE-2011-1959) - Malformed compressed capture data could crash Wireshark. (CVE-2011-2174) - A corrupted Visual Networks file could crash Wireshark. (CVE-2011-2175) - dereferene a NULL pointer if we had a corrupted Diameter dictionary. (CVE-2011-1958) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 57136 published 2011-12-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57136 title SuSE 11.1 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 5281) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201110-02.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201110-02 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets on a network being monitored by Wireshark, entice a user to open a malformed packet trace file using Wireshark, or deploy a specially crafted Lua script for use by Wireshark, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code, or a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 56426 published 2011-10-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/56426 title GLSA-201110-02 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-2395.NASL description Laurent Butti discovered a buffer underflow in the LANalyzer dissector of the Wireshark network traffic analyzer, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code (CVE-2012-0068 ). This update also addresses several bugs, which can lead to crashes of Wireshark. These are not treated as security issues, but are fixed nonetheless if security updates are scheduled: CVE-2011-3483, CVE-2012-0041, CVE-2012-0042, CVE-2012-0066 and CVE-2012-0067. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2012-01-31 plugin id 57735 published 2012-01-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57735 title Debian DSA-2395-1 : wireshark - buffer underflow NASL family Windows NASL id WIRESHARK_1_6_2.NASL description The installed version of Wireshark is 1.6.x before 1.6.2. This version is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An error exists in IKE dissector that can allow denial of service attacks when processing certain malformed packets. (CVE-2011-3266) - A buffer exception handling vulnerability exists that can allow denial of service attacks when processing certain malformed packets. (Issue #6135) - It may be possible to make Wireshark execute Lua scripts using a method similar to DLL hijacking. (Issue #6136) - An error exists in OpenSafety dissector that can allow denial of service attacks when processing certain malformed packets. (Issue #6138) - An error exists in CSN.1 dissector that can allow denial of service attacks when processing certain malformed packets. (Issue #6139) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 56164 published 2011-09-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/56164 title Wireshark 1.6.x < 1.6.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2011-138.NASL description This advisory updates wireshark to the latest version (1.6.2), fixing several security issues : The proto_tree_add_item function in Wireshark 1.6.1, when the IKEv1 protocol dissector is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving a malformed IKE packet and many items in a tree (CVE-2011-3266). Untrusted search path vulnerability in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.9 and 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Lua script in an unspecified directory (CVE-2011-3360). The csnStreamDissector function in epan/dissectors/packet-csn1.c in the CSN.1 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.2 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet (CVE-2011-3482). Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed capture file that leads to an invalid root tvbuff, related to a buffer exception handling vulnerability. (CVE-2011-3483). The unxorFrame function in epan/dissectors/packet-opensafety.c in the OpenSafety dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.2 does not properly validate a certain frame size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and application crash) via a malformed packet (CVE-2011-3484). The updated packages have been upgraded to the latest 1.6.x version (1.6.2) which is not vulnerable to these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 61928 published 2012-09-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61928 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2011:138) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_WIRESHARK-7795.NASL description This update of wireshark fixes the following vulnerabilities : - Wireshark IKE dissector vulnerability. (CVE-2011-3266) - Wireshark Lua script execution vulnerability. (CVE-2011-3360) - Wireshark buffer exception handling vulnerability. (CVE-2011-3483) - Lucent/Ascend file parser susceptible to infinite loop. (CVE-2011-2597) - ANSI MAP dissector susceptible to infinite loop. (CVE-2011-2698) - Large/infinite loop in the DICOM dissector. (CVE-2011-1957) - A corrupted snoop file could crash Wireshark. (CVE-2011-1959) - Malformed compressed capture data could crash Wireshark. (CVE-2011-2174) - A corrupted Visual Networks file could crash Wireshark. (CVE-2011-2175) - dereferene a NULL pointer if we had a corrupted Diameter dictionary. (CVE-2011-1958) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 56617 published 2011-10-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/56617 title SuSE 10 Security Update : wireshark (ZYPP Patch Number 7795)
Oval
| accepted | 2013-08-19T04:00:46.259-04:00 | ||||||||||||
| class | vulnerability | ||||||||||||
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| description | Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed capture file that leads to an invalid root tvbuff, related to a "buffer exception handling vulnerability." | ||||||||||||
| family | windows | ||||||||||||
| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14971 | ||||||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||||||
| submitted | 2012-02-27T15:34:33.178-04:00 | ||||||||||||
| title | Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.2 buffer exception handling vulnerability | ||||||||||||
| version | 8 |
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/13/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/14/9
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-14.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6135
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737785
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14971