Overview
Wireshark contains a vulnerability in the IPSec ESP preference parser that may cause a denial of service condition.
Description
Wireshark contains multiple off-by-one vulnerabilities in the IPSec ESP preference parser when the application has been compiled with ESP decryption support. This vulnerability may be exploited when the remote attacker sends a specially crafted, malformed packet over the wire or by convincing the user to read a malformed packet trace file. |
Impact
A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code. |
Solution
Update |
Workaround
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Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-02.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19690
- http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/3370
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016736
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21597
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21649
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21619
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21682
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21885
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/28553
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was reported in Wireshark document wnpa-sec-2006-02.
This document was written by Katie Steiner.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-4331 |
| Severity Metric: | 4.92 |
| Date Public: | 2006-08-24 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-10-25 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2006-10-25 17:14 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 20 |