59458 : Wireshark SMB Dissector Unspecified DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-10-26

Description

Wireshark contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when off-by-one error within the dissect_negprot_response() function in epan/dissectors/packet-smb.c of the SMB dissector occurs, and will result in loss of availability for the service.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.2.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Wireshark Foundation	Wireshark	1.2.2
		1.2.1
		1.2.0

References

CVE ID: 2009-3551 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 36846
Secunia Advisory ID: 37175 37409 38152
ISS X-Force ID: 54018
Related OSVDB ID: 59459 59460 59461
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00002.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200911-05.xml
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-07.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3061
Vendor URL: http://www.wireshark.org
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.3.html

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-11-02 | Disagree?

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