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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RHSA-2014:0342-01 Moderate Wireshark Update

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Calendar Grey March 31, 2014
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Wireshark receives an important security upgrade for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, addressing multiple vulnerabilities that impact network monitoring.
Updated wireshark packages that fix multiple security issues 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 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-2014-2281, CVE-2014-2299)
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-2013-6336, CVE-2013-6337, CVE-2013-6338, CVE-2013-6339, CVE-2013-6340, CVE-2014-2283, CVE-2013-7112, CVE-2013-7114)
All Wireshark users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue update red hat network analysis wireshark

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6336 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6337 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6338 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6339 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6340 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7112 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7114 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2281 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2283 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2299 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386: wireshark-1.8.10-7.el6_5.i686.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-7.el6_5.i686.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.8.10-7.el6_5.i686.rpm
x86_64: wireshark-1.8.10-7.el6_5.i686.rpm wireshark-1.8.10-7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-7.el6_5.i686.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.8.10-7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source:
i386: wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-7.el6_5.i686.rpm wireshark-devel-1.8.10-7.el6_5.i686.rpm
x86_64: wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-7.el6_5.i686.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm wireshark-devel-1.8.10-7.el6_5.i686.rpm wireshark-devel-1.8.10-7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
i386: wireshark-1.8.10-7.el6_5.i686.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-7.el6_5.i686.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.8.10-7.el6_5.i686.rpm
ppc64: wireshark-1.8.10-7.el6_5.ppc.rpm wireshark-1.8.10-7.el6_5.ppc64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-7.el6_5.ppc.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-7.el6_5.ppc64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.8.10-7.el6_5.ppc64.rpm
s390x: wireshark-1.8.10-7.el6_5.s390.rpm wireshark-1.8.10-7.el6_5.s390x.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-7.el6_5.s390.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.8.10-7.el6_5.s390x.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0342-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0342.html
Issue date: 2014-03-31

Topic

Updated wireshark packages that fix multiple security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue update red hat network analysis wireshark

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

1026534 - CVE-2013-6336 wireshark: IEEE 802.15.4 dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2013-61)

1026538 - CVE-2013-6337 wireshark: NBAP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2013-62)

1026539 - CVE-2013-6338 wireshark: SIP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2013-63)

1026540 - CVE-2013-6339 wireshark: ActiveMQ OpenWire dissector large loop (wnpa-sec-2013-64)

1026541 - CVE-2013-6340 wireshark: TCP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2013-65)

1044508 - CVE-2013-7112 wireshark: SIP dissector could go into an infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2013-66)

1044510 - CVE-2013-7114 wireshark: NTLMSSP v2 dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2013-68)

1074109 - CVE-2014-2299 wireshark: buffer overflow in MPEG file parser (wnpa-sec-2014-04)

1074111 - CVE-2014-2283 wireshark: RLC dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2014-03)

1074114 - CVE-2014-2281 wireshark: NFS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2014-01)

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