Ethereal OSPF Protocol Dissection Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:15794

Info

Ethereal OSPF Protocol Dissection Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15794
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2005-3651
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 09 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 08:46AM
Credit: The original discoverer of this issue wishes to remain anonymous. iDEFENSE reported this issue to the vendor.
Vulnerable: SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
+ Linux kernel 2.4.21
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
SGI ProPack 3.0 SP6
S.u.S.E. UnitedLinux 1.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Standard Server 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux School Server for i386
S.u.S.E. SUSE LINUX Retail Solution 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.0
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 9.0
S.u.S.E. Office Server
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 8.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
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 Openexchange Server
S.u.S.E. Linux Office Server
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 Desktop 1.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Database Server 0
S.u.S.E. Linux Connectivity Server
RedHat Linux Advanced Work Station 2.1
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 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
Red Hat Fedora Core4
Red Hat Fedora Core3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
Gentoo Linux
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.13
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.12
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.11
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
+ Red Hat Fedora Core2
 + Red Hat 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
+ Red Hat 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
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.5
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.4
+ Conectiva Linux 8.0
+ Conectiva Linux 7.0
+ Conectiva Linux 6.0
+ 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
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.2
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.1
- Compaq Tru64 5.0
- Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
 - Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
 - Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
 - Debian Linux 2.2 arm
 - Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
 - Debian Linux 2.2 68k
 - HP HP-UX 11.0
- IBM AIX 5.1
 - Linux kernel 2.4
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
 - NetBSD NetBSD 1.5
- OpenBSD OpenSSH 3.0
- SCO Unixware 7.0
- SGI IRIX 6.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
 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
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.13
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.5
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.7.7
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
Avaya Aura SIP Enablement Services 3.0
Not Vulnerable: Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.14
Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.13

Discussion

Ethereal OSPF Protocol Dissection Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A remote buffer-overflow vulnerability affects Ethereal. This issue is due to the application's failure to securely copy network-derived data into sensitive process buffers. The specific issue occurs in the OSPF dissector.

An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user that activated the vulnerable application. This may facilitate unauthorized access or privilege escalation.

Exploit / POC

Ethereal OSPF Protocol Dissection Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability


Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

Solution / Fix

Ethereal OSPF Protocol Dissection Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:

Please see the referenced vendor advisories for information and fixes.


Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10 .10

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.1

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.11

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.10.13

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 0.8.13

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.15

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.18

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.5

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.1

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.11

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.12

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.13

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.15

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.16

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.4

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.5

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.7

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.9

References

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