Denial of service in Wireshark NTLMSSP dissector



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-8250
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		Wireshark
Server applications / IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers

Vendor Wireshark.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU96609

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8250

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in NTLMSSP dissector. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets via the network and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Wireshark: 4.0.0 - 4.2.6

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-11.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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