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Red Hat 5: RHSA-2014:1677-01 Moderate: Wireshark DoS Flaw Advisory

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Calendar Grey October 21, 2014
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Latest Wireshark updates rectify several security vulnerabilities for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, classified as moderate threat level.
Updated wireshark packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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/articles/11258

Summary

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer. It is used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network.
Multiple 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-2014-6429, CVE-2014-6430, CVE-2014-6431, CVE-2014-6432)
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-2014-6421, CVE-2014-6422, CVE-2014-6423, CVE-2014-6425, CVE-2014-6428)
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 Red Hat software update moderate impact network analyzer wireshark DoS flaw

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6421 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6422 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6423 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6425 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6428 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6429 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6430 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6431 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6432 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source: wireshark-1.0.15-7.el5_11.src.rpm
i386: wireshark-1.0.15-7.el5_11.i386.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-7.el5_11.i386.rpm
x86_64: wireshark-1.0.15-7.el5_11.x86_64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-7.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source: wireshark-1.0.15-7.el5_11.src.rpm
i386: wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-7.el5_11.i386.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-7.el5_11.i386.rpm
x86_64: wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-7.el5_11.x86_64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-7.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source: wireshark-1.0.15-7.el5_11.src.rpm
i386: wireshark-1.0.15-7.el5_11.i386.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-7.el5_11.i386.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-7.el5_11.i386.rpm
ia64: wireshark-1.0.15-7.el5_11.ia64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-7.el5_11.ia64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-7.el5_11.ia64.rpm
ppc: wireshark-1.0.15-7.el5_11.ppc.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-7.el5_11.ppc.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-7.el5_11.ppc.rpm
s390x: wireshark-1.0.15-7.el5_11.s390x.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-7.el5_11.s390x.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-7.el5_11.s390x.rpm
x86_64: wireshark-1.0.15-7.el5_11.x86_64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-7.el5_11.x86_64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-7.el5_11.x86_64.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1677-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1677.html
Issue date: 2014-10-21

Topic

Updated wireshark packages that fix multiple security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate securityimpact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which givedetailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from theCVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat software update moderate impact network analyzer wireshark DoS flaw

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1142602 - CVE-2014-6429 CVE-2014-6430 CVE-2014-6431 CVE-2014-6432 wireshark: DOS Sniffer file parser flaw (wnpa-sec-2014-19)

1142603 - CVE-2014-6428 wireshark: SES dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2014-18)

1142608 - CVE-2014-6425 wireshark: CUPS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2014-15)

1142610 - CVE-2014-6423 wireshark: MEGACO dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2014-13)

1142611 - CVE-2014-6421 CVE-2014-6422 wireshark: RTP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2014-12)

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