Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-3484 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Wireshark 1.6.0/1.6.1

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
wireshark
CWE-20
nessus
NVD
Published: 2011-09-20
Updated: 2017-09-19

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Wireshark
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.
  • Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
  • Cross Zone Scripting
    An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security. In a zone-based model, pages belong to one of a set of zones corresponding to the level of privilege assigned to that page. Pages in an untrusted zone would have a lesser level of access to the system and/or be restricted in the types of executable content it was allowed to invoke. In a cross-zone scripting attack, a page that should be assigned to a less privileged zone is granted the privileges of a more trusted zone. This can be accomplished by exploiting bugs in the browser, exploiting incorrect configuration in the zone controls, through a cross-site scripting attack that causes the attackers' content to be treated as coming from a more trusted page, or by leveraging some piece of system functionality that is accessible from both the trusted and less trusted zone. This attack differs from "Restful Privilege Escalation" in that the latter correlates to the inadequate securing of RESTful access methods (such as HTTP DELETE) on the server, while cross-zone scripting attacks the concept of security zones as implemented by a browser.
  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.

Nessus

  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idWIRESHARK_1_6_2.NASL
    descriptionThe 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id56164
    published2011-09-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/56164
    titleWireshark 1.6.x < 1.6.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(56164);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:29");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2011-3266",
    "CVE-2011-3360",
    "CVE-2011-3482",
    "CVE-2011-3483",
    "CVE-2011-3484"
  );
  script_bugtraq_id(
    49377,
    49521,
    49522,
    49524,
    49528
  );
  script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"18125");

  script_name(english:"Wireshark 1.6.x < 1.6.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Does a version check");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by
multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"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)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-12.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-13.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-14.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-15.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-16.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.2.html");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.6.2 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  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_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Wireshark console.lua Pre-Loading Script Execution');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'White_Phosphorus');
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2011/07/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/09/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/09/12");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Windows");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("wireshark_installed.nasl");
  script_require_keys("SMB/Wireshark/Installed");

  exit(0);
}

include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

# Check each install.
installs = get_kb_list("SMB/Wireshark/*");
if (isnull(installs)) exit(0, "The 'SMB/Wireshark/*' KB items are missing.");

info  = '';
info2 = '';

foreach install(keys(installs))
{
  if ("/Installed" >< install) continue;

  version = install - "SMB/Wireshark/";

  if (version =~ "^1\.6($|\.[0-1])($|[^0-9])")
    info +=
      '\n  Path              : ' + installs[install] +
      '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
      '\n  Fixed version     : 1.6.2\n';
  else
    info2 += 'Version ' + version + ', under ' + installs[install] + '. ';
}

# Report if any were found to be vulnerable
if (info)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0)
  {
    if (max_index(split(info)) > 4) s = "s of Wireshark are";
    else s = " of Wireshark is";

    report =
      '\n' +
      'The following vulnerable instance' + s + ' installed :\n' +
      '\n' + info;
    security_warning(port:get_kb_item("SMB/transport"), extra:report);
  }
  else security_warning(get_kb_item("SMB/transport"));
  exit(0);
}
if (info2)
  exit(0, "The following instance(s) of Wireshark are installed and are not vulnerable : " + info2);
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2011-138.NASL
    descriptionThis 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id61928
    published2012-09-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61928
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2011:138)
    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-2011:138. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(61928);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:54");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-3266", "CVE-2011-3360", "CVE-2011-3482", "CVE-2011-3483", "CVE-2011-3484");
  script_bugtraq_id(49521, 49522, 49524, 49528);
  script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2011:138");

  script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2011:138)");
  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:
"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."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/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_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Wireshark console.lua Pre-Loading Script Execution');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'White_Phosphorus');

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dumpcap");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64wireshark-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64wireshark1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libwireshark-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libwireshark1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rawshark");
  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:2011");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/09/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/09/06");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 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:"MDK2011", reference:"dumpcap-1.6.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64wireshark-devel-1.6.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64wireshark1-1.6.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"i386", reference:"libwireshark-devel-1.6.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", cpu:"i386", reference:"libwireshark1-1.6.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"rawshark-1.6.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"tshark-1.6.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"wireshark-1.6.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2011", reference:"wireshark-tools-1.6.2-0.1-mdv2011.0", yank:"mdv")) 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");

Oval

accepted2013-08-19T04:00:56.705-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
definition_extensions
commentWireshark is installed on the system.
ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:6589
descriptionThe 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.
familywindows
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:15062
statusaccepted
submitted2012-02-27T15:34:33.178-04:00
titleOpenSafety dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.2 denial of service vulnerability
version8

References