7536 : Ethereal iSNS Dissector Unspecified DoS
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7 months ago

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90%

Disclosure

Jul 06, 2004

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

Ethereal contains an unspecified error in the iSNS dissector that may allow an attacker to crash Ethereal by injecting a specially crafted packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

Classification

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

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.10.5 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. It is also possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround(s): Disable the affected protocol dissectors.

Products

Ethereal
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Ethereal
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0.10.3
0.10.4

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