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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902722
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Wireshark IKE Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability - Windows
Summary:Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The flaw is due to an error in 'IKEv1' protocol dissector and the
function 'proto_tree_add_item()', when add more than 1000000 items to a
proto_tree, that will cause a denial of service.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation allows attackers to send a specially crafted IKE
packet to cause the IKEv1 dissector to enter an infinite loop, which leads
to denial of service.

Affected Software/OS:
Wireshark version 1.6.0 to 1.6.1
Wireshark version 1.4.0 to 1.4.8 on Windows

Solution:
Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.4.9, 1.6.2 or later.

CVSS Score:
2.6

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-3266
BugTraq ID: 49377
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49377
Bugtraq: 20110728 Wireshark 1.6.1 Malformed IKE Packet Denial of Service (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519049/100/0/threaded
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:138
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15042
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025875
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8351
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2011:1262 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00021.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2011:1263 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00022.html
XForce ISS Database: wireshark-prototreeadditem-dos(69411)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69411
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG

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