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[Full-disclosure] [ GLSA 200808-04 ] Wireshark: Denial of Service
From: Robert Buchholz <rbu_at_nospam>Date: Wed Aug 06 2008 - 00:46:00 GMT
To: gentoo-announce@gentoo.org
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Synopsis
Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark.
Background
Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer with a graphical front-end.
Affected packages
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/wireshark < 1.0.2 >= 1.0.2
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities related to memory management were discovered in the GSM SMS dissector (CVE-2008-3137), the PANA and KISMET dissectors (CVE-2008-3138), the RTMPT dissector (CVE-2008-3139), the syslog dissector (CVE-2008-3140) and the RMI dissector (CVE-2008-3141) and when reassembling fragmented packets (CVE-2008-3145).
Impact
A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a specially crafted packet on a network being monitored by Wireshark or enticing a user to read a malformed packet trace file, causing a Denial of Service.
Workaround
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-1.0.2"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2008-3137
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3137
[ 2 ] CVE-2008-3138
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3138
[ 3 ] CVE-2008-3139
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3139
[ 4 ] CVE-2008-3140
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3140
[ 5 ] CVE-2008-3141
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3141
[ 6 ] CVE-2008-3145
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3145
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-04.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 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
Copyright 2008 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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