Ethereal ASN.1 String Memory Allocation Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:4604

Info

Ethereal ASN.1 String Memory Allocation Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4604
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2002-0353
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 25 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 12:46PM
Credit: This vulnerability announced by the Ethereal Development Team.
Vulnerable: 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 0.8.18
- Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.2
Not Vulnerable: 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

Exploit / POC

Ethereal ASN.1 String Memory Allocation Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

Ethereal ASN.1 String Memory Allocation Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Fixes available:


Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.18

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.1

Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.9.2

References

Ethereal ASN.1 String Memory Allocation Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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