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Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
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Overflow Buffers
Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
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Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
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Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
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MIME Conversion
An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
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Overflow Binary Resource File
An attack of this type exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the handling of binary resources. Binary resources may include music files like MP3, image files like JPEG files, and any other binary file. These attacks may pass unnoticed to the client machine through normal usage of files, such as a browser loading a seemingly innocent JPEG file. This can allow the attacker access to the execution stack and execute arbitrary code in the target process. This attack pattern is a variant of standard buffer overflow attacks using an unexpected vector (binary files) to wrap its attack and open up a new attack vector. The attacker is required to either directly serve the binary content to the victim, or place it in a locale like a MP3 sharing application, for the victim to download. The attacker then is notified upon the download or otherwise locates the vulnerability opened up by the buffer overflow.
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Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
This type of attack leverages the use of symbolic links to cause buffer overflows. An attacker can try to create or manipulate a symbolic link file such that its contents result in out of bounds data. When the target software processes the symbolic link file, it could potentially overflow internal buffers with insufficient bounds checking.
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Overflow Variables and Tags
This type of attack leverages the use of tags or variables from a formatted configuration data to cause buffer overflow. The attacker crafts a malicious HTML page or configuration file that includes oversized strings, thus causing an overflow.
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Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
In this attack, the target software is given input that the attacker knows will be modified and expanded in size during processing. This attack relies on the target software failing to anticipate that the expanded data may exceed some internal limit, thereby creating a buffer overflow.
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Buffer Overflow in an API Call
This attack targets libraries or shared code modules which are vulnerable to buffer overflow attacks. An attacker who has access to an API may try to embed malicious code in the API function call and exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability in the function's implementation. All clients that make use of the code library thus become vulnerable by association. This has a very broad effect on security across a system, usually affecting more than one software process.
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Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities
This attack targets command-line utilities available in a number of shells. An attacker can leverage a vulnerability found in a command-line utility to escalate privilege to root.
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NASL family | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | NASL id | ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2010-0625.NASL | description | From Red Hat Security Advisory 2010:0625 :
Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for
each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was
previously known as Ethereal.
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in the Wireshark SigComp
Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine (UDVM) dissector. If Wireshark
read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file,
it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user
running Wireshark. (CVE-2010-2287, CVE-2010-2995)
Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark
could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a
network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2010-1455,
CVE-2010-2283, CVE-2010-2284, CVE-2010-2286)
Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain Wireshark version 1.0.15, and resolve these issues. All
running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to
take effect. | last seen | 2019-01-16 | modified | 2018-07-26 | plugin id | 68084 | published | 2013-07-12 | reporter | Tenable | source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=68084 | title | Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (ELSA-2010-0625) |
NASL family | SuSE Local Security Checks | NASL id | SUSE_11_3_WIRESHARK-101222.NASL | description | Wireshark version 1.4.2 fixes several security issues that allowed
attackers to crash wireshark or potentially even execute arbitrary
code
(CVE-2010-1455, CVE-2010-2283, CVE-2010-2284, CVE-2010-2285,
CVE-2010-2286, CVE-2010-2287, CVE-2010-2992, CVE-2010-2993,
CVE-2010-2994, CVE-2010-2995, CVE-2010-3445, CVE-2010-4300,
CVE-2010-4301) | last seen | 2019-01-16 | modified | 2018-11-10 | plugin id | 75771 | published | 2014-06-13 | reporter | Tenable | source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=75771 | title | openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2011:0010-2) |
NASL family | SuSE Local Security Checks | NASL id | SUSE_11_1_WIRESHARK-101222.NASL | description | Wireshark version 1.4.2 fixes several security issues that allowed
attackers to crash wireshark or potentially even execute arbitrary
code
(CVE-2010-1455, CVE-2010-2283, CVE-2010-2284, CVE-2010-2285,
CVE-2010-2286, CVE-2010-2287, CVE-2010-2992, CVE-2010-2993,
CVE-2010-2994, CVE-2010-2995, CVE-2010-3445, CVE-2010-4300,
CVE-2010-4301) | last seen | 2019-01-16 | modified | 2018-11-10 | plugin id | 53689 | published | 2011-05-05 | reporter | Tenable | source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=53689 | title | openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2011:0010-1) |
NASL family | Mandriva Local Security Checks | NASL id | MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2010-113.NASL | description | This advisory updates wireshark to the latest version(s), fixing
several security issues :
The SMB dissector in Wireshark 0.99.6 through 1.0.13, and 1.2.0
through 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(NULL pointer dereference) via unknown vectors (CVE-2010-2283).
Buffer overflow in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 0.10.13
through 1.0.13 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.8 has unknown impact and remote
attack vectors (CVE-2010-2284).
The SMB PIPE dissector in Wireshark 0.8.20 through 1.0.13 and 1.2.0
through 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(NULL pointer dereference) via unknown vectors (CVE-2010-2285).
The SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine dissector in
Wireshark 0.10.7 through 1.0.13 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.8 allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown
vectors (CVE-2010-2286).
Buffer overflow in the SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine
dissector in Wireshark 0.10.8 through 1.0.13 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.8
has unknown impact and remote attack vectors (CVE-2010-2287). | last seen | 2019-01-16 | modified | 2019-01-02 | plugin id | 48186 | published | 2010-07-30 | reporter | Tenable | source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=48186 | title | Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2010:113) |
NASL family | Gentoo Local Security Checks | NASL id | GENTOO_GLSA-201110-02.NASL | description | The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201110-02
(Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities)
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :
A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets on a network
being monitored by Wireshark, entice a user to open a malformed packet
trace file using Wireshark, or deploy a specially crafted Lua script for
use by Wireshark, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code,
or a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time. | last seen | 2019-01-16 | modified | 2018-07-11 | plugin id | 56426 | published | 2011-10-10 | reporter | Tenable | source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=56426 | title | GLSA-201110-02 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities |
NASL family | SuSE Local Security Checks | NASL id | SUSE_11_2_WIRESHARK-101222.NASL | description | Wireshark version 1.4.2 fixes several security issues that allowed
attackers to crash wireshark or potentially even execute arbitrary
code
(CVE-2010-1455, CVE-2010-2283, CVE-2010-2284, CVE-2010-2285,
CVE-2010-2286, CVE-2010-2287, CVE-2010-2992, CVE-2010-2993,
CVE-2010-2994, CVE-2010-2995, CVE-2010-3445, CVE-2010-4300,
CVE-2010-4301) | last seen | 2019-01-16 | modified | 2018-11-10 | plugin id | 53808 | published | 2011-05-05 | reporter | Tenable | source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=53808 | title | openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2011:0010-2) |
NASL family | SuSE Local Security Checks | NASL id | SUSE_11_WIRESHARK-110331.NASL | description | Wireshark was updated to version 1.4.4 to fix several security issues | last seen | 2018-09-02 | modified | 2018-06-29 | plugin id | 53315 | published | 2011-04-07 | reporter | Tenable | source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=53315 | title | SuSE 11.1 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 4267) |
NASL family | Debian Local Security Checks | NASL id | DEBIAN_DSA-2101.NASL | description | Several implementation errors in the dissector of the Wireshark
network traffic analyzer for the ASN.1 BER protocol and in the SigComp
Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine may lead to the execution of
arbitrary code. | last seen | 2019-01-16 | modified | 2018-11-10 | plugin id | 49058 | published | 2010-09-01 | reporter | Tenable | source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=49058 | title | Debian DSA-2101-1 : wireshark - several vulnerabilities |
NASL family | Windows | NASL id | WIRESHARK_1_2_10.NASL | description | The installed version of Wireshark or Ethereal is potentially
affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
- The SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine could
potentially overflow a buffer. (Bug 4867)
- The ANS.1 BER dissector could potentially exhaust the
stack memory. (Bug 4984)
- The GSM A RR dissector is affected by denial of service
issue. (Bug 4897)
- The IPMI dissector could get stuck in an infinite loop.
(Bug 5053) | last seen | 2019-01-16 | modified | 2018-08-06 | plugin id | 48213 | published | 2010-08-02 | reporter | Tenable | source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=48213 | title | Wireshark / Ethereal < 1.0.15 / 1.2.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities |
NASL family | CentOS Local Security Checks | NASL id | CENTOS_RHSA-2010-0625.NASL | description | Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for
each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was
previously known as Ethereal.
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in the Wireshark SigComp
Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine (UDVM) dissector. If Wireshark
read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file,
it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user
running Wireshark. (CVE-2010-2287, CVE-2010-2995)
Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark
could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a
network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2010-1455,
CVE-2010-2283, CVE-2010-2284, CVE-2010-2286)
Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain Wireshark version 1.0.15, and resolve these issues. All
running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to
take effect. | last seen | 2019-01-16 | modified | 2018-11-10 | plugin id | 48409 | published | 2010-08-24 | reporter | Tenable | source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=48409 | title | CentOS 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2010:0625) |
NASL family | Red Hat Local Security Checks | NASL id | REDHAT-RHSA-2010-0625.NASL | description | Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for
each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was
previously known as Ethereal.
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in the Wireshark SigComp
Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine (UDVM) dissector. If Wireshark
read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file,
it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user
running Wireshark. (CVE-2010-2287, CVE-2010-2995)
Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark
could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a
network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2010-1455,
CVE-2010-2283, CVE-2010-2284, CVE-2010-2286)
Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain Wireshark version 1.0.15, and resolve these issues. All
running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to
take effect. | last seen | 2019-01-16 | modified | 2018-11-28 | plugin id | 48314 | published | 2010-08-12 | reporter | Tenable | source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=48314 | title | RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (RHSA-2010:0625) |
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