Resource management error in Wireshark

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU32810

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1595

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The pcap_process_pseudo_header function in wiretap/pcap-common.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.12 and 1.6.x before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a WTAP_ENCAP_ERF file containing an Extension or Multi-Channel header with an invalid pseudoheader size, related to the pcap and pcap-ng file parsers.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Wireshark: 1.4.0 - 1.4.11

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:wireshark_org:wireshark:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=41008
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078769.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078770.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/48548
https://secunia.com/advisories/48947
https://secunia.com/advisories/48986
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/13
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52737
https://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026874
https://www.wireshark.org/news/20120327.html
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-06.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6804
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74364
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15548

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.