Vulnerability Note VU#931588
Ethereal fails to properly decode BGP packets containing MPLS IPv6 labels
Overview
Ethereal contains a vulnerability in the way the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) protocol dissector decodes Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) IPv6 labels.
Description
Ethereal is a network traffic analysis package. It includes the ability to decode packets containing BGP data. According to RFC3031, an MPLS label is an identifier used to represent the Forwarding Equivalence Class (FEC) to which that packet is assigned. There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the way the BGP protocol dissector decodes MPLS IPv6 labels. According to the e-matters Security Advisory:
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Impact
A remote, unauthenticated attacker could cause Ethereal to crash or potentially execute code of the attacker's choice. |
Solution
Upgrade
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Disable Dissector
2) Deselect the BGP protocol dissector from the list (for Ethereal versions 0.10.x)
2) Disable the BGP protocol dissector from the list by unchecking its "Status" checkbox However, it is strongly encouraged to upgrade to version 0.10.3 or later. |
Systems Affected (Learn More)
Vendor | Status | Date Notified | Date Updated |
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Ethereal | Affected | - | 25 Mar 2004 |
CVSS Metrics (Learn More)
Group | Score | Vector |
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Base | N/A | N/A |
Temporal | N/A | N/A |
Environmental | N/A | N/A |
References
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/032004.html
- http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00013.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11185/
- http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1771.txt
- http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1772.txt
- http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3031.txt
Credit
Ethereal credits Stefan Esser for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Damon Morda.
Other Information
- CVE IDs: CAN-2004-0176
- Date Public: 22 Mar 2004
- Date First Published: 25 Mar 2004
- Date Last Updated: 25 Mar 2004
- Severity Metric: 2.89
- Document Revision: 10
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