6131 : Ethereal SIP Dissector DoS
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7 months ago

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Disclosure

Mar 22, 2004

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

May 03, 2004

Solution

Unknown

Description

Ethereal contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered due to an error within the handling of SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) packets, and will result in loss of availability for the application.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.10.4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Ethereal

Ethereal

0.10.3

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 11608 11776
Related OSVDB ID: 6132 6133 6134
Keyword: enpa-sa-00014
Other Advisory URL: http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00014.html
Vendor URL: http://www.ethereal.com/download.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-users/200405/msg00018.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200406-01.xml

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Martin Regner -

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