DSA-1983-1 wireshark -- several vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2009-4377   CVE-2010-0304  

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Wireshark network traffic analyzer, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2009-4377 A NULL pointer dereference was found in the SMB/SMB2 dissectors. CVE-2010-0304 Several buffer overflows were found in the LWRES dissector. For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.2-3+lenny8. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.6-1. We recommend that you upgrade your Wireshark packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1983-1 wireshark -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
30 Jan 2010
Affected Packages:
wireshark
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-4377, CVE-2010-0304.
More information:

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Wireshark network traffic analyzer, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

  • CVE-2009-4377

    A NULL pointer dereference was found in the SMB/SMB2 dissectors.

  • CVE-2010-0304

    Several buffer overflows were found in the LWRES dissector.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.2-3+lenny8.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.6-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your Wireshark packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8.diff.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny8_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny8_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny8_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny8_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny8_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny8_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_arm.deb
ARM EABI:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny8_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny8_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_armel.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny8_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny8_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny8_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny8_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny8_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny8_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny8_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny8_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny8_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny8_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny8_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny8_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny8_s390.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.