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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHSA-2010-0625-01 Moderate Wireshark Crash Risk

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Calendar Grey August 11, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Recent updates for Wireshark on Red Hat Enterprise Linux address multiple vulnerabilities in network traffic analysis, reducing risks from packet inspection issues
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.
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in the Wireshark SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine (UDVM) 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-2010-2287, CVE-2010-2995)
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-2010-1455, CVE-2010-2283, CVE-2010-2284, CVE-2010-2286)
Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.15, and resolve these issues. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux network traffic wireshark threat fix

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1455 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2283 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2284 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2286 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2287 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2995 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-03.html https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-05.html https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-07.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: wireshark-1.0.15-EL3.1.i386.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-EL3.1.i386.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-EL3.1.i386.rpm
ia64: wireshark-1.0.15-EL3.1.ia64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-EL3.1.ia64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-EL3.1.ia64.rpm
ppc: wireshark-1.0.15-EL3.1.ppc.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-EL3.1.ppc.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-EL3.1.ppc.rpm
s390: wireshark-1.0.15-EL3.1.s390.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-EL3.1.s390.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-EL3.1.s390.rpm
s390x: wireshark-1.0.15-EL3.1.s390x.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-EL3.1.s390x.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-EL3.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: wireshark-1.0.15-EL3.1.x86_64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-EL3.1.x86_64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-EL3.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
Source:
i386: wireshark-1.0.15-EL3.1.i386.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-EL3.1.i386.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-EL3.1.i386.rpm
x86_64: wireshark-1.0.15-EL3.1.x86_64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-EL3.1.x86_64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-EL3.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:
Source:
i386: wireshark-1.0.15-EL3.1.i386.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-EL3.1.i386.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-EL3.1.i386.rpm
ia64: wireshark-1.0.15-EL3.1.ia64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0625-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0625.html
Issue date: 2010-08-11

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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux network traffic wireshark threat fix

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

590613 - CVE-2010-1455 wireshark: DOCSIS dissector crash

604290 - CVE-2010-2283 wireshark: SMB dissector NULL pointer dereference

604292 - CVE-2010-2284 wireshark: ASN.1 BER dissector stack overrun

604302 - CVE-2010-2286 wireshark: SigComp UDVM dissector infinite loop

604308 - CVE-2010-2287 CVE-2010-2995 wireshark: SigComp UDVM dissector buffer overruns

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