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Red Hat: RHSA-2013:1569-02 Moderate: Wireshark DoS Flaws Resolved

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Calendar Grey November 20, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The latest security notice from Red Hat regarding wireshark releases encompasses important bug corrections along with reasonable security improvements. Discover additional details.
Updated wireshark packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Summary

Wireshark, previously known as Ethereal, is a network protocol analyzer. It is used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network.
Two flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2013-3559, CVE-2013-4083)
Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2012-2392, CVE-2012-3825, CVE-2012-4285, CVE-2012-4288, CVE-2012-4289, CVE-2012-4290, CVE-2012-4291, CVE-2012-4292, CVE-2012-5595, CVE-2012-5597, CVE-2012-5598, CVE-2012-5599, CVE-2012-5600, CVE-2012-6056, CVE-2012-6059, CVE-2012-6060, CVE-2012-6061, CVE-2012-6062, CVE-2013-3557, CVE-2013-3561, CVE-2013-4081, CVE-2013-4927, CVE-2013-4931, CVE-2013-4932, CVE-2013-4933, CVE-2013-4934, CVE-2013-4935, CVE-2013-4936, CVE-2013-5721)
The wireshark packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.8.10, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous versions. For more information on the bugs fixed, enhancements included, and supported protocols introduced, refer to the Wireshark Release Notes, linked to in the References. (BZ#711024)
This update also fixes the following bugs:
* Previously, Wireshark did not parse the RECLAIM-COMPLETE opcode when inspecting traffic generated by NFSv4.1. A patch has been provided to enable the parsing of the RECLAIM_COMPLETE opcode, and Wireshark is now able to properly dissect and handle NFSv4.1 traffic. (BZ#750712)
* Prior to this update, frame arrival times in a text file were reported one hour ahead from the timestamps in the packet capture file. This resulted in various failures being reported by the dfilter-test.py test suite. To fix this bug, frame arrival timestamps have been shifted by one hour, thus fixing this bug. (BZ#832021)
* The "tshark -D" command returned output to STDERR instead of STDOUT, which could break scripts that are parsing the "tshark -D" output. This bug has been fixed, and the "tshark -D" command now writes output data to a correct standard stream. (BZ#1004636)
* Due to an array overrun, Wireshark could experience undefined program behavior or could unexpectedly terminate. With this update, proper array handling ensures Wireshark no longer crashes in the described scenario. (BZ#715560)
* Previously, the dftest and randpkt command line utilities lacked manual pages. This update adds proper manual pages for both utilities. (BZ#659661)
In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:
* With this update, Wireshark is able to properly dissect and handle InfiniBand and GlusterFS traffic. (BZ#699636, BZ#858976)
All Wireshark users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues and add these enhancements. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2392 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3825 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4285 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4288 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4289 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4290 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4291 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4292 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5595 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5597 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5598 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5599 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5600 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6056 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6059 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6060 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6061 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6062 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3557 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3559 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3561 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4081 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4083 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4927 Read the Full Advisory

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386: wireshark-1.8.10-4.el6.i686.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-4.el6.i686.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.8.10-4.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: wireshark-1.8.10-4.el6.i686.rpm wireshark-1.8.10-4.el6.x86_64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-4.el6.i686.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-4.el6.x86_64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.8.10-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source:
i386: wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-4.el6.i686.rpm wireshark-devel-1.8.10-4.el6.i686.rpm
x86_64: wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-4.el6.i686.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-4.el6.x86_64.rpm wireshark-devel-1.8.10-4.el6.i686.rpm wireshark-devel-1.8.10-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
i386: wireshark-1.8.10-4.el6.i686.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-4.el6.i686.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.8.10-4.el6.i686.rpm
ppc64: wireshark-1.8.10-4.el6.ppc.rpm wireshark-1.8.10-4.el6.ppc64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-4.el6.ppc.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-4.el6.ppc64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.8.10-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
s390x: wireshark-1.8.10-4.el6.s390.rpm wireshark-1.8.10-4.el6.s390x.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-4.el6.s390.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-4.el6.s390x.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.8.10-4.el6.s390x.rpm
x86_64: wireshark-1.8.10-4.el6.i686.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1569-02
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2013-11-21
Keywords: Rebase

Topic

Updated wireshark packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs,and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

659661 - dftest and randpkt does not have a man page

711024 - Rebase wireshark to latest upstream stable release

715560 - Defects revealed by Coverity scan

750712 - NFS4.1: parse RECLAIM_COMPLETE opcode

824411 - CVE-2012-2392 wireshark: Infinite and large loops in ANSI MAP, ASF, IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.3, and LTP dissectors (wnpa-sec-2012-08)

832021 - Frame arrival times (pcap) are 1 hour more than timestamps in txt

836960 - CVE-2012-3825 wireshark: Integer overflows in BACapp and Bluetooth HCI dissectors, leading to DoS (wnpa-sec-2012-08)

848541 - CVE-2012-4285 wireshark: crash due to zero division in DCP ETSI dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-13)

848548 - CVE-2012-4288 wireshark: DoS via excessive resource consumption in XTP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-15)

848561 - CVE-2012-4289 wireshark: DoS via excessive CPU consumption in AFP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-17)

848572 - CVE-2012-4291 wireshark: DoS via excessive system resource consumption in CIP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-20)

848575 - CVE-2012-4292 wireshark: crash in STUN dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-21)

848578 - CVE-2012-4290 wireshark: DoS via excessive CPU consumption in CTDB dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-23)

881742 - CVE-2012-5600 CVE-2012-6062 wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in the RTCP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-38)

881748 - CVE-2012-5599 CVE-2012-6061 wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in the WTP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-37)

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