Vulnerability Note VU#638376

Wireshark contains multiple off-by-one errors in the IPSec ESP preference parser

Original Release date: 25 Oct 2006 | Last revised: 25 Oct 2006

Overview

Wireshark contains a vulnerability in the IPSec ESP preference parser that may cause a denial of service condition.

Description

Wireshark contains multiple off-by-one vulnerabilities in the IPSec ESP preference parser when the application has been compiled with ESP decryption support.

This vulnerability may be exploited when the remote attacker sends a specially crafted, malformed packet over the wire or by convincing the user to read a malformed packet trace file.

Wireshark states that Wireshark Version 0.99.2 is affected.

Note: Ethereal has changed its name to Wireshark.

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.

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 (Learn More)

VendorStatusDate NotifiedDate Updated
WiresharkAffected-24 Oct 2006
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CVSS Metrics (Learn More)

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References

Credit

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

This document was written by Katie Steiner.

Other Information

  • CVE IDs: CVE-2006-4331
  • Date Public: 24 Aug 2006
  • Date First Published: 25 Oct 2006
  • Date Last Updated: 25 Oct 2006
  • Severity Metric: 4.92
  • Document Revision: 18

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