27369 : Wireshark NTP Dissector Format String Flaw
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2006-07-17

Keywords

formerly ethereal

Description

A format string flaw exists in the Wireshark NTP dissector. With a specially crafted packet, a remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.99.2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Gerald Combs

Wireshark

0.99.0

References

Bugtraq ID: 19051
CVE ID: 2006-3628 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 21078 21107 21121 21204 21249 21467 21488 21598 22089
Related OSVDB ID: 27360 27361 27362 27363 27364 27365 27366 27367 27368 27370 27371
ISS X-Force ID: 27828
Keyword: formerly ethereal wnpa-sec-2006-01
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P.asc http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Aug/0006.html
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-197.htm
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200607-09.xml
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1127
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-01.html
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-512
Other Advisory URL: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:128
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2006:0602

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Ilja van Sprundel -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-07-21 | Disagree?

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