Info

Disclosure

Mar 22, 2004

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

Ethereal contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered due to the 'dissect_attribute_value_pairs' function in packet-radius.c. It is possible for a remote attacker to send a specially crafted RADIUS packet, which triggers a NULL derefence and will result in loss of availability for the application.

Classification

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

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.10.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Ethereal	Ethereal	0.10.2
		0.10.1
		0.10.0a
		0.10.0
		0.9.16
		0.9.15
		0.9.14
		0.9.13
		0.9.12
		0.9.11
		0.9.10
		0.9.9
		0.9.8
		0.9.7
		0.9.6
		0.9.5
		0.9.13a
		0.9.4
		0.9.3
		0.9.2
		0.9.1
		0.9.0
		0.8.20
		0.8.19
		0.8.18
		0.8.17
		0.8.16
		0.8.15
		0.8.14-1
		0.8.14
		0.8.13

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 11185
CERT VU: 124454
ISS X-Force ID: 15571
CVE ID: 2004-0365 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 4462 4464
Keyword: enpa-sa-00013
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000835
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-07.xml
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:024
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-136.html
Mail List Post: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=ethereal-dev&m=107962966700423&w=2
Vendor URL: http://www.ethereal.com/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00013.html
CIAC Advisory: o-105

Credit

Jonathan Heusser - jonnydrugphish.ch -

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/4463