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.

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.

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Impact

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

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Solution

Update
Wireshark has released an updated product version (Wireshark 0.99.4).

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Workaround

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

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Vendor Information

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Updated: November 06, 2006

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Please see Wireshark security document wnpa-sec-2006-03 for further information.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23363992 Feedback>).

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References

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

Acknowledgements

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

This document was written by Katie Steiner.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2006-5468
Severity Metric:	11.39 Date Public: