Synopsis
Moderate: wireshark security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Moderate
Topic
Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.
Description
Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was
previously known as Ethereal.
An invalid pointer dereference flaw was found in the Wireshark SMB and SMB2
dissectors. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a
malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as
the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2009-4377)
Several buffer overflow flaws were found in the Wireshark LWRES dissector.
If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious
dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user
running Wireshark. (CVE-2010-0304)
Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could
crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or
opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2009-2560, CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-2563,
CVE-2009-3550, CVE-2009-3829)
Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
Wireshark version 1.0.11, and resolve these issues. All running instances
of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.8 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.8 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8 ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 512987 - CVE-2009-2562 Wireshark: Integer overflow in the AFS dissector
- BZ - 512992 - CVE-2009-2563 Wireshark: Null-ptr dereference in the InfiniBand dissector
- BZ - 513008 - CVE-2009-2560 Wireshark: various flaws in a) RADIUS, b) Bluetooth L2CAP, c) MIOP dissectors (DoS)
- BZ - 531260 - CVE-2009-3550 Wireshark: NULL pointer dereference in the DCERPC over SMB packet disassembly
- BZ - 532479 - CVE-2009-3829 wireshark: unsigned integer wrap vulnerability in ERF reader (VU#676492)
- BZ - 549578 - CVE-2009-4377 wireshark: invalid pointer dereference in SMB/SMB2 dissectors
- BZ - 559793 - CVE-2010-0304 wireshark: crash in LWRES dissector
CVEs
References
Vulmon