PT-2009-3240 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Published 2009-02-16 · Updated 2018-10-10 · CVE-2009-0599

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 0.99.7 through 1.0.5

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the wiretap/netscreen.c file, which can be triggered by a malformed NetScreen snoop file. This allows remote attackers, assisted by local users, to cause a denial of service, resulting in the application crashing.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 0.99.7 through 1.0.5, consider disabling the wiretap/netscreen.c module until a patch is available to prevent the buffer overflow. As a temporary workaround, avoid using malformed NetScreen snoop files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0599

RHSA-2009:0313

RHSA-2009_0313

Affected Products

Red Hat

Wireshark

References · 36

• 🔥 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=2590 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-0599 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33872 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00652.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/33690 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0599 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0599 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0599 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14732 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0600 · Note
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2922 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4682 · Note