A security flaw was found in the Wireshark's SMTP dissector -- routines for SMTP packet disassembly. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via sending a large SMTP request to port 25.
References: http://packetstormsecurity.org/0811-advisories/wireshark104-dos.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498562/30/0/threaded http://www.nabble.com/-SVRT-04-08--Vulnerability-in-WireShark-1.0.4-for-DoS-Attack-td20640164.html
Proposed upstream patches: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-smtp.c?r1=24989&r2=24988&pathrev=24989&view=patch http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-smtp.c?r1=24994&r2=24993&pathrev=24994&view=patch
Use-after-free vulnerability in the dissectq931causeie function in packet-q931.c in the Q.931 dissector in Wireshark 0.10.3 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or abort) via certain packets that trigger an exception.
The dissectbtacl function in packet-bthciacl.c in the Bluetooth ACL dissector in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or abort) via a packet with an invalid length, related to an erroneous tvbmemcpy call.
Unspecified vulnerability in the Bluetooth RFCOMM dissector in Wireshark 0.99.7 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or abort) via unknown packets.
packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly handle exceptions thrown by post dissectors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain series of packets, as demonstrated by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector.
Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.10.14 through 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a packet with crafted zlib-compressed data that triggers an invalid read in the tvbuncompress function.
Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.7 through 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a crafted NCP packet that triggers an infinite loop.
Multiple buffer overflows in packetncp2222.inc in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.7 through 1.0.2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted NCP packet that causes an invalid pointer to be used.
Unspecified vulnerability in the RMI dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.9.5 through 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to read system memory via unspecified vectors.
The RTMPT dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.8 through 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors. NOTE: this might be due to a use-after-free error.
The GSM SMS dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unknown vectors.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-3145 to the following vulnerability:
An unspecified flaw packet reassemblin in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.8.19 through 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors.
References: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-04.html
Upstream bug: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/showbug.cgi?id=2470
Upstream commit: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/index.py?view=rev&revision=25343
The (1) PANA and (2) KISMET dissectors in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.3 through 1.0.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application stop) via unknown vectors.
The LDAP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.2 through 0.99.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5740.
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.5 through 0.99.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet to the (1) X.509sat or (2) Roofnet dissectors. NOTE: Vector 2 might also lead to a hang.
The "decode as" feature in packet-bssap.c in the SCCP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 through 0.99.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
The SNMP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.6 through 0.99.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed packet.
The TFTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.6.0 through 0.99.7, when running on Ubuntu 7.10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) via a malformed packet, possibly related to a Cairo library bug.
The SCTP dissector in Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) 0.99.5 through 0.99.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed packet.
The (1) SMB and (2) SMB2 dissectors in Wireshark 0.9.0 through 1.2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted packet that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, as demonstrated by fuzz-2009-12-07-11141.pcap.
Integer overflow in wiretap/erf.c in Wireshark before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted erf file, related to an "unsigned integer wrap vulnerability."
Unspecified vulnerability in the AFS dissector in Wireshark 0.9.2 through 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors.
The Check Point High-Availability Protocol (CPHAP) dissector in Wireshark 0.9.6 through 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted FWHAMYSTATE packet.
Unspecified vulnerability in Wireshark 0.99.6 through 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Tektronix .rf5 file.
Unspecified vulnerability in Wireshark before 1.0.7 has unknown impact and attack vectors.
Unspecified vulnerability in the LDAP dissector in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.6, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown attack vectors.
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.
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.
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.
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.