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Red Hat: RHSA-2010-0360 Moderate: Wireshark Denial of Service Problems

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Calendar Grey April 20, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A recent Wireshark security update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux has been launched, addressing vulnerabilities to improve security and protect network traffic analysis
Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 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

Summary

Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal.
An invalid pointer dereference flaw was found in the Wireshark SMB and SMB2 dissectors. 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-2009-4377)
Several buffer overflow flaws were found in the Wireshark LWRES dissector. 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-2010-0304)
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-2009-2560, CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-2563, CVE-2009-3550, CVE-2009-3829)
Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.11, and resolve these issues. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Red Hat buffer overflow moderate impact wireshark

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2560 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2562 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2563 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3550 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3829 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4377 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0304 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-05.html https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-08.html https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-01.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: wireshark-1.0.11-EL3.6.i386.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.11-EL3.6.i386.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.11-EL3.6.i386.rpm
ia64: wireshark-1.0.11-EL3.6.ia64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.11-EL3.6.ia64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.11-EL3.6.ia64.rpm
ppc: wireshark-1.0.11-EL3.6.ppc.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.11-EL3.6.ppc.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.11-EL3.6.ppc.rpm
s390: wireshark-1.0.11-EL3.6.s390.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.11-EL3.6.s390.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.11-EL3.6.s390.rpm
s390x: wireshark-1.0.11-EL3.6.s390x.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.11-EL3.6.s390x.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.11-EL3.6.s390x.rpm
x86_64: wireshark-1.0.11-EL3.6.x86_64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.11-EL3.6.x86_64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.11-EL3.6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
Source:
i386: wireshark-1.0.11-EL3.6.i386.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.11-EL3.6.i386.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.11-EL3.6.i386.rpm
x86_64: wireshark-1.0.11-EL3.6.x86_64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.11-EL3.6.x86_64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.11-EL3.6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:
Source:
i386: wireshark-1.0.11-EL3.6.i386.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.11-EL3.6.i386.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.11-EL3.6.i386.rpm
ia64: wireshark-1.0.11-EL3.6.ia64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0360-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0360.html
Issue date: 2010-04-20

Topic

Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.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 denial of service Red Hat buffer overflow moderate impact wireshark

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

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

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

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

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

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

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

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

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

Bugs Fixed

512987 - CVE-2009-2562 Wireshark: Integer overflow in the AFS dissector

512992 - CVE-2009-2563 Wireshark: Null-ptr dereference in the InfiniBand dissector

513008 - CVE-2009-2560 Wireshark: various flaws in a) RADIUS, b) Bluetooth L2CAP, c) MIOP dissectors (DoS)

531260 - CVE-2009-3550 Wireshark: NULL pointer dereference in the DCERPC over SMB packet disassembly

532479 - CVE-2009-3829 wireshark: unsigned integer wrap vulnerability in ERF reader (VU#676492)

549578 - CVE-2009-4377 wireshark: invalid pointer dereference in SMB/SMB2 dissectors559793 - CVE-2010-0304 wireshark: crash in LWRES dissector

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