Vulnerability Note VU#335656

Wireshark contains an unspecified vulnerability in the DHCP dissector

Overview

Wireshark contains a vulnerability in the DHCP dissector that may cause a denial-of-service condition.

I. Description

Wireshark for Microsoft Windows contains a vulnerability in the DHCP dissector that may cause a denial-of-service condition. This vulnerability may be exploited when the remote attacker sends a specially crafted, malformed packet or by convincing the user to read a malformed packet trace file.

Wireshark states that Wireshark versions 0.7.9 up to and including 0.99.2 are vulnerable.

Note: Ethereal has changed its name to Wireshark.

II. Impact

A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service condition.

III. Solution

Update

Wireshark has released an updated product version (Wireshark 0.99.3).

Workaround

Wireshark provides a workaround in security document wnpa-sec-2006-02.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Updated
Wireshark	Vulnerable	12-Oct-2006

References

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-02.html
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/3370
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016736
http://secunia.com/advisories/21597
http://secunia.com/advisories/21649
http://secunia.com/advisories/21619
http://secunia.com/advisories/21682
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/28554
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/28553

Credit

This vulnerability was reported in Wireshark document wnpa-sec-2006-02.

This document was written by Katie Steiner.

Other Information

Date Public	08/25/2006
Date First Published	10/12/2006 10:16:33 AM
Date Last Updated	10/25/2006
CERT Advisory
CVE-ID(s)	CVE-2006-4332
NVD-ID(s)	CVE-2006-4332
US-CERT Technical Alerts
Metric	3.04
Document Revision	15

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