7536 : Ethereal iSNS Dissector Unspecified DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2004-07-06

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
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	Ethereal	0.10.3
		0.10.4

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 12024 12034 12035 12068 12237
CVE ID: 2004-0633 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 7537 7538
Other Advisory URL: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-378.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-08.xml
http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00015.html
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:067
Vendor URL: http://www.ethereal.com/
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.netwosix.org/adv16.html

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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