PT-2008-1018 · Wireshark · Ethereal+1

Published 2008-04-16 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2009-3241

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 0.99.6 through 1.0.8 Wireshark versions 1.2.0 through 1.2.1 tethereal (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause problems with the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. It can be exploited remotely. In the case of Wireshark, the vulnerability in the OpcUa dissector can lead to a denial of service due to memory and CPU consumption via malformed OPCUA Service CallRequest packets.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 0.99.6 through 1.0.8, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For Wireshark versions 1.2.0 through 1.2.1, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For tethereal, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-01453

CVE-2009-3241

DSA-1942-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10199-1

Affected Products

Wireshark

Ethereal

References · 289

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/36408 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/33222 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3241 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1829 · Security Note
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-05.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3241 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3829 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36754 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-3241 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3241 · Security Note
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2560 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-01453 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3241 · Vendor Advisory