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Red Hat: RHSA-2020-1047-01 Moderate: Wireshark Security Update

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Calendar Grey March 31, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Comprehensive security patch for tcpdump on CentOS, resolving various vulnerabilities and enhancing stability.
An update for wireshark is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Summary

The wireshark packages contain a network protocol analyzer used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network.
Security Fix(es):
* wireshark: Out-of-bounds read in packet-ldss.c (CVE-2018-11362)
* wireshark: Multiple dissectors could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-36) (CVE-2018-14340)
* wireshark: DICOM dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-39) (CVE-2018-14341)
* wireshark: Bazaar dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-40) (CVE-2018-14368)
* wireshark: SIGCOMP dissector crash in packet-sigcomp.c (CVE-2018-7418)
* wireshark: Radiotap dissector crash (CVE-2018-16057)
* wireshark: Infinite loop in the MMSE dissector (CVE-2018-19622)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat bug fix moderate severity network analyzer security impact wireshark

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7418 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11362 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14340 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14341 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14368 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16057 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19622 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.8_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: wireshark-1.10.14-24.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: wireshark-1.10.14-24.el7.i686.rpm wireshark-1.10.14-24.el7.x86_64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.10.14-24.el7.i686.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.10.14-24.el7.x86_64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.10.14-24.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: wireshark-debuginfo-1.10.14-24.el7.i686.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.10.14-24.el7.x86_64.rpm wireshark-devel-1.10.14-24.el7.i686.rpm wireshark-devel-1.10.14-24.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: wireshark-1.10.14-24.el7.src.rpm
ppc64: wireshark-1.10.14-24.el7.ppc.rpm wireshark-1.10.14-24.el7.ppc64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.10.14-24.el7.ppc.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.10.14-24.el7.ppc64.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.10.14-24.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: wireshark-1.10.14-24.el7.ppc64le.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.10.14-24.el7.ppc64le.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.10.14-24.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: wireshark-1.10.14-24.el7.s390.rpm wireshark-1.10.14-24.el7.s390x.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.10.14-24.el7.s390.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.10.14-24.el7.s390x.rpm wireshark-gnome-1.10.14-24.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64: wireshark-1.10.14-24.el7.i686.rpm wireshark-1.10.14-24.el7.x86_64.rpm wireshark-debuginfo-1.10.14-24.el7.i686.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:1047-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1047
Issue date: 2020-03-31

Topic

An update for wireshark is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat bug fix moderate severity network analyzer security impact wireshark

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1549305 - CVE-2018-7418 wireshark: SIGCOMP dissector crash in packet-sigcomp.c

1581787 - CVE-2018-11362 wireshark: Out-of-bounds read in packet-ldss.c

1607323 - CVE-2018-14340 wireshark: Multiple dissectors could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-36)

1607326 - CVE-2018-14341 wireshark: DICOM dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-39)

1607327 - CVE-2018-14368 wireshark: Bazaar dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2018-40)

1625925 - CVE-2018-16057 wireshark: Radiotap dissector crash

1655932 - CVE-2018-19622 wireshark: Infinite loop in the MMSE dissector

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