DSA-2127-1 wireshark -- denial of service

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2127-1 wireshark -- denial of service

Date Reported:

28 Nov 2010

Affected Packages:

wireshark

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2010-3445.

More information:

A flaw has been found in wireshark, a network protocol analyzer.

It was found that the ASN.1 BER dissector was susceptible to a stack overflow, causing the application to crash.

For the stable distribution (lenny), the problem has been fixed in version 1.0.2-3+lenny11.

For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.11-3.

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+lenny11.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny11_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny11_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny11_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny11_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny11_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny11_arm.deb

ARM EABI:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_armel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny11_armel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny11_armel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_armel.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny11_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny11_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny11_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny11_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny11_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny11_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny11_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny11_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny11_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny11_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny11_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny11_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny11_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny11_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny11_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny11_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny11_sparc.deb

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