Vulnerability Note VU#363992

Wireshark HTTP dissector vulnerability

Overview

Wireshark contains a vulnerability in the HTTP dissector that may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition.

I. Description

Wireshark contains a vulnerability in the HTTP dissector that may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition. This vulnerability may be triggered when a remote attacker sends a specially crafted, malformed packet to a vulnerable Wireshark installation or by convincing the user to read a malformed packet trace file with Wireshark.

Wireshark states that Wireshark version 0.99.3 is affected.

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 0.99.4).
Workaround

Wireshark provides a workaround in security document wnpa-sec-2006-03.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Updated
Wireshark	Vulnerable	6-Nov-2006

References

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762
http://secunia.com/advisories/22590
http://secunia.com/advisories/22672/
http://secunia.com/advisories/22692/
http://secunia.com/advisories/22797/
http://secunia.com/advisories/22841/
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929/
http://secunia.com/advisories/23096/

Credit

This vulnerability was reported in Wireshark Document wnpa-sec-2006-03.

This document was written by Katie Steiner.

Other Information

Date Public	10/27/2006
Date First Published	01/02/2007 03:38:58 PM
Date Last Updated	01/02/2007
CERT Advisory
CVE-ID(s)	CVE-2006-5468
NVD-ID(s)	CVE-2006-5468
US-CERT Technical Alerts
Metric	11.39
Document Revision	16

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