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Topic :

Wireshark 1.0.x Malformed .ncf packet capture Local Denial of Service

SecurityAlert : 4462

CVE : CVE-2008-4682

CWE : CWE-20

SecurityRisk : Medium Security Risk Medium

(About)

Remote Exploit : Yes

Local Exploit : No

Victim interaction required : No

Exploit Available : Yes

Credit : Shinnok

Published : 23.10.2008

Affected Software :

wireshark:wireshark:0.99.7
wireshark:wireshark:0.99.8
wireshark:wireshark:1.0
wireshark:wireshark:1.0.0
wireshark:wireshark:1.0.1
wireshark:wireshark:1.0.2
wireshark:wireshark:1.0.3

Advisory Content :

Wireshark 1.0.x .ncf local denial of service
author: Shinnok

Description

Wireshark 1.0.x crashes as a result of a failed assertion when dealing
with a malformed Tamosoft CommView .ncf packet capture:
Err file wtap.c: line 620 (wtap_read): assertion failed:
(wth->phdr.pkt_encap != WTAP_ENCAP_PER_PACKET)

References :

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31838

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2926

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-06.html

http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6622

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2872

http://securitytracker.com/id?1021069

http://secunia.com/advisories/32355

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