Ethereal Multiple Remote Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities

BID:13504

Info

Ethereal Multiple Remote Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 13504
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2005-1456
CVE-2005-1457
CVE-2005-1458
CVE-2005-1459
CVE-2005-1460
CVE-2005-1461
CVE-2005-1462
CVE-2005-1463
CVE-2005-1464
CVE-2005-1465
CVE-2005-1466
CVE-2005-1467
CVE-2005-1468
CVE-2005-1469
CVE-2005-1470
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 05 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 27 2007 07:36PM
Credit: These issues were disclosed by the vendor. The following people discovered various vulnerabilities: Bryan Fulton, Ilja van Sprundel, Neil Kettle, and Ejovi Nuwere
Vulnerable: SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
+ Linux kernel 2.4.21
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 7
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
SuSE Linux Openexchange Server
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
SuSE Linux 8.1
SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
SuSE Linux 8.0
SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
SuSE Linux 7.3
SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
SuSE Linux 7.2
SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
SuSE Linux 7.1
SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
SuSE Linux 7.0
SuSE Linux 6.4 ppc
SuSE Linux 6.4 i386
SuSE Linux 6.4 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.4
SuSE Linux 6.3 ppc
SuSE Linux 6.3 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.3
SuSE Linux 6.2
SuSE Linux 6.1 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.1
SuSE Linux 6.0
SuSE Linux 5.3
SuSE Linux 5.2
SuSE Linux 5.1
SuSE Linux 5.0
SuSE Linux 4.4.1
SuSE Linux 4.4
SuSE Linux 4.3
SuSE Linux 4.2
SuSE Linux 4.0
SuSE Linux 3.0
SuSE Linux 2.0
SuSE Linux 1.0
SGI ProPack 3.0
SGI ProPack 2.4
SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux School Server for i386
S.u.S.E. SuSE eMail Server III
S.u.S.E. SuSE eMail Server 3.1
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 9.0
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 9.0
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 1.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 8.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 7.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Office Server
S.u.S.E. Linux IMAP Server 1.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Enterprise Server for S/390 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Enterprise Server for S/390
S.u.S.E. Linux Database Server 0
S.u.S.E. Linux Connectivity Server
Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3 i686
Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3
Redhat Fedora Core2
Redhat Fedora Core1
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Redhat Desktop 4.0
Redhat Desktop 3.0
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1 IA64
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.9
+ Gentoo Linux
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.8
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.7
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.6
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.5
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.4
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.3
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
+ Redhat Fedora Core2
 + Redhat Fedora Core1
 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.2
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.1
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10 .10
+ Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.1 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.16
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.15
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.14
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.13
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1
+ Redhat Fedora Core1
 Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.12
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.11
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.10
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.9
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.8
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.7
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.6
+ Conectiva Linux Enterprise Edition 1.0
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.5
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.4
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.3
+ Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.3
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 alpha
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 ia64
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 sparc
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 sparc
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 alpha
 Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.2
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.1
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.19
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.18
- Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
 - Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
 - Redhat Linux 7.2
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.15
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.14
Avaya S8710 R2.0.1
Avaya S8710 R2.0.0
Avaya S8700 R2.0.1
Avaya S8700 R2.0.0
Avaya S8500 R2.0.1
Avaya S8500 R2.0.0
Avaya S8300 R2.0.1
Avaya S8300 R2.0.0
Avaya Converged Communications Server 2.0
Not Vulnerable: Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.11
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.4

Discussion

Ethereal Multiple Remote Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities

Many vulnerabilities in Ethereal have been disclosed by the vendor. The reported issues are in various protocol dissectors.

These issues include:

- Buffer-overflow vulnerabilities
- Format-string vulnerabilities
- NULL-pointer dereference denial-of-service vulnerabilities
- Segmentation fault denial-of-service vulnerabilities
- Infinite-loop denial-of-service vulnerabilities
- Memory exhaustion denial-of-service vulnerabilities
- Double-free vulnerabilities
- Unspecified denial-of-service vulnerabilities

These issues could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the vulnerable application. Attackers could also crash the affected application.

Various vulnerabilities affect several versions of Ethereal, from 0.8.14 through to 0.10.10.

This BID will be split into individual BIDs for each separate issue.

BID 13567 has been created for the DISTCC issue.

Exploit / POC

Ethereal Multiple Remote Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities

Nicob <[email protected]> provides the 'ethereal-SMB-DoS.c' proof-of-concept exploit for the SMB dissector issue.

Shaun Colley <[email protected]> provides the 'ethereal-sip-dos.c' proof-of-concept exploit for the SIP issue.

Team W00dp3ck3r provides the 'tethereal_sip.c' proof-of-concept exploit, also for the SIP issue.

Solution / Fix

Ethereal Multiple Remote Protocol Dissector Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor has released Ethereal version 0.10.11 to address these vulnerabilities.

Please see the referenced advisories for more information.


Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10 .10

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.1

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.2

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.3

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.4

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.5

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.6

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.7

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.8

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.9

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.15

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.18

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.19

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.11

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.13

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.16

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.2

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.3

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.4

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.6

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.7

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.9

SGI ProPack 3.0

References

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