[ GLSA 200909-16 ] Wireshark: Denial of Service

[Tobias Heinlein <keytoaster () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200909-16
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Wireshark: Denial of Service
      Date: September 13, 2009
      Bugs: #278564
        ID: 200909-16

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Synopsis
========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark which allow
for Denial of Service.

Background
==========

Wireshark is a versatile network protocol analyzer.

Affected packages
=================

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     Package                 /  Vulnerable  /               Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  net-analyzer/wireshark       < 1.2.1                     >= 1.2.1

Description
===========

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Wireshark:

* A buffer overflow in the IPMI dissector related to an array index
  error (CVE-2009-2559).

* Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Bluetooth L2CAP,
  RADIUS, and MIOP dissectors (CVE-2009-2560).

* An unspecified vulnerability in the sFlow dissector
  (CVE-2009-2561).

* An unspecified vulnerability in the AFS dissector (CVE-2009-2562).

* An unspecified vulnerability in the Infiniband dissector when
  running on unspecified platforms (CVE-2009-2563).

Impact
======

A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending
specially crafted packets on a network being monitored by Wireshark or
by enticing a user to read a malformed packet trace file to cause a
Denial of Service.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose =net-analyzer/wireshark-1.2.1

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2009-2559
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2559
  [ 2 ] CVE-2009-2560
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2560
  [ 3 ] CVE-2009-2561
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2561
  [ 4 ] CVE-2009-2562
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2562
  [ 5 ] CVE-2009-2563
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2563

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200909-16.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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