Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: wireshark security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2008:0890-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0890.html
Issue date:        2008-10-01
CVE Names:         CVE-2008-1070 CVE-2008-1071 CVE-2008-1072 
                   CVE-2008-1561 CVE-2008-1562 CVE-2008-1563 
                   CVE-2008-3137 CVE-2008-3138 CVE-2008-3141 
                   CVE-2008-3145 CVE-2008-3146 CVE-2008-3932 
                   CVE-2008-3933 CVE-2008-3934 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was
previously known as Ethereal.

Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read
a malformed packet off a network, it could crash or, possibly, execute
arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2008-3146)

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 malformed dump file. (CVE-2008-1070, CVE-2008-1071, CVE-2008-1072,
CVE-2008-1561, CVE-2008-1562, CVE-2008-1563, CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138,
CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145, CVE-2008-3932, CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-3934)

Additionally, this update changes the default Pluggable Authentication
Modules (PAM) configuration to always prompt for the root password before
each start of Wireshark. This avoids unintentionally running Wireshark with
root privileges.

Users of wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
Wireshark version 1.0.3, and resolve these issues.

4. Solution:

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network.  Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

435481 - CVE-2008-1070 wireshark: SCTP dissector crash
435482 - CVE-2008-1071 wireshark: SNMP dissector crash
435483 - CVE-2008-1072 wireshark: TFTP dissector crash
439943 - CVE-2008-1563 wireshark: crash in SCCP dissector
440014 - CVE-2008-1561 wireshark: crash in X.509sat and Roofnet dissectors
440015 - CVE-2008-1562 wireshark: crash in LDAP dissector
448584 - Don't automatically use stored privileges
454970 - CVE-2008-3137 wireshark: crash in the GSM SMS dissector
454971 - CVE-2008-3138 wireshark: unexpected exit in the PANA and KISMET dissectors
454975 - CVE-2008-3141 wireshark: memory disclosure in the RMI dissector
454984 - CVE-2008-3145 wireshark: crash in the packet reassembling
461242 - CVE-2008-3146 wireshark: multiple buffer overflows in NCP dissector
461243 - CVE-2008-3932 wireshark: infinite loop in the NCP dissector
461244 - CVE-2008-3933 wireshark: crash triggered by zlib-compressed packet data
461245 - CVE-2008-3934 wireshark: crash via crafted Tektronix .rf5 file

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:

Source:

i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm

ia64:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm

ppc:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.ppc.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.ppc.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.ppc.rpm

s390:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390.rpm

s390x:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390x.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390x.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Desktop version 3:

Source:

i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm

x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:

Source:

i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm

ia64:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3:

Source:

i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm

ia64:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

Source:

i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm

ia64:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm

ppc:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ppc.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ppc.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ppc.rpm

s390:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.s390.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.s390.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.s390.rpm

s390x:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.s390x.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.s390x.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

Source:

i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm

x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

Source:

i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm

ia64:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

Source:

i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm

ia64:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

Source:

i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.i386.rpm

x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.x86_64.rpm

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):

Source:

i386:
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-4.el5_2.i386.rpm

x86_64:
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-4.el5_2.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

Source:

i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-4.el5_2.i386.rpm

ia64:
wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2.ia64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.ia64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-4.el5_2.ia64.rpm

ppc:
wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2.ppc.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.ppc.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-4.el5_2.ppc.rpm

s390x:
wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2.s390x.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.s390x.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-4.el5_2.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-4.el5_2.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and 
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

7. References:

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1070
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1071
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1072
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1561
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1562
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1563
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3137
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3138
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3141
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3145
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3146
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3932
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3933
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3934
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/
https://www.wireshark.org/security/

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact

Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3-5: RHSA-2008:0890-01 Moderate: Wireshark DoS

red hat

October 1, 2008

Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security imp...

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal.
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2008-3146)
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 malformed dump file. (CVE-2008-1070, CVE-2008-1071, CVE-2008-1072, CVE-2008-1561, CVE-2008-1562, CVE-2008-1563, CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138, CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145, CVE-2008-3932, CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-3934)
Additionally, this update changes the default Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) configuration to always prompt for the root password before each start of Wireshark. This avoids unintentionally running Wireshark with root privileges.
Users of wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.3, and resolve these issues.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate impact security issues wireshark update

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1070 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1071 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1072 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1561 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1562 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1563 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3137 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3138 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3141 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3145 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3146 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3932 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3933 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3934 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/ https://www.wireshark.org/security/

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
ia64: wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm
ppc: wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.ppc.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.ppc.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.ppc.rpm
s390: wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390.rpm
s390x: wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390x.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390x.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390x.rpm
x86_64: wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
Source:
i386: wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
x86_64: wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:
Source:
i386: wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
ia64: wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory

Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0890-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0890.html

Issue date: 2008-10-01

Topic

Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate impact security issues wireshark update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

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

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

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

Bugs Fixed

435481 - CVE-2008-1070 wireshark: SCTP dissector crash

435482 - CVE-2008-1071 wireshark: SNMP dissector crash

435483 - CVE-2008-1072 wireshark: TFTP dissector crash

439943 - CVE-2008-1563 wireshark: crash in SCCP dissector

440014 - CVE-2008-1561 wireshark: crash in X.509sat and Roofnet dissectors

440015 - CVE-2008-1562 wireshark: crash in LDAP dissector

448584 - Don't automatically use stored privileges

454970 - CVE-2008-3137 wireshark: crash in the GSM SMS dissector

454971 - CVE-2008-3138 wireshark: unexpected exit in the PANA and KISMET dissectors

454975 - CVE-2008-3141 wireshark: memory disclosure in the RMI dissector

454984 - CVE-2008-3145 wireshark: crash in the packet reassembling

461242 - CVE-2008-3146 wireshark: multiple buffer overflows in NCP dissector

461243 - CVE-2008-3932 wireshark: infinite loop in the NCP dissector

461244 - CVE-2008-3933 wireshark: crash triggered by zlib-compressed packet data

461245 - CVE-2008-3934 wireshark: crash via crafted Tektronix .rf5 file

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3-5: RHSA-2008:0890-01 Moderate: Wireshark DoS

Topics Covered

Search Advisories & Updates

Recent Searches

Topics Covered

Topics Covered

Search News & Updates

Recent Searches

Search Advisories & Updates

Recent Searches

Get the latest News and Insights

Our Top Picks

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3-5: RHSA-2008:0890-01 Moderate: Wireshark DoS

Solution

Summary

Topics Covered

References

Package List

Topic

Topics Covered

Relevant Releases Architectures

Bugs Fixed

Get the latest News and Insights

Powered By

Linux Security - Your source for Top Linux News, Advisories, HOWTOs and Feature Releases

QUICK LINKS

subscribe to newsletters!

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3-5: RHSA-2008:0890-01 Moderate: Wireshark DoS

Topics Covered

Search Advisories & Updates

Recent Searches

Topics Covered

Topics Covered

Search News & Updates

Recent Searches

Search Advisories & Updates

Recent Searches

Get the latest News and Insights

Our Top Picks

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3-5: RHSA-2008:0890-01 Moderate: Wireshark DoS

Solution

Summary

Topics Covered

References

Package List

Topic

Topics Covered

Relevant Releases Architectures

Bugs Fixed

Get the latest News and Insights

Related Articles

Powered By

Linux Security - Your source for Top Linux News, Advisories, HOWTOs and Feature Releases

QUICK LINKS

subscribe to newsletters!