CVE-2009-3241

Wireshark 1.2.1 - OpcUa Dissector Resource Exhaustion (Denial of Service)

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Unspecified vulnerability in the OpcUa (OPC UA) dissector in Wireshark 0.99.6 through 1.0.8 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via malformed OPCUA Service CallRequest packets.

Vulnerabilidad no especificada en el analizador OpcUa (OPC UA) de Wireshark v0.99.6 hasta v1.0.8 y v1.2.0 hasta v1.2.1, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (consumo de la memoria y la CPU) a través de paquetes OPCUA Service CallRequest mal formados.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2009-09-15 First Exploit
2009-09-18 CVE Reserved
2009-09-18 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (13)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/37409	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37477	Third Party Advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.0.9.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html	X_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3986	X_refsource_misc
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6162	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33222	2009-09-15
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36408	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-05.html	2017-09-19

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html	2017-09-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/36754	2017-09-19
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1942	2017-09-19
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.html	2017-09-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.6 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.6"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.6a Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.6a"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.7 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.7"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.8 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.8"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				0.99.9 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "0.99.9"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.0.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.0.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.0.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.0.1"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.0.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.0.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.0.3 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.0.3"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.0.4 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.0.4"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.0.5 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.0.5"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.0.6 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.0.6"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.0.7 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.0.7"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.0.8 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.0.8"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.0"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				1.2.1 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "1.2.1"		-		Affected