Synopsis
Moderate: wireshark security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Moderate
Topic
Updated wireshark packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs,
and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6.
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, previously known as Ethereal, is a network protocol analyzer.
It is used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network.
Two flaws were found in Wireshark. 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-2013-3559,
CVE-2013-4083)
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-2012-2392, CVE-2012-3825, CVE-2012-4285,
CVE-2012-4288, CVE-2012-4289, CVE-2012-4290, CVE-2012-4291, CVE-2012-4292,
CVE-2012-5595, CVE-2012-5597, CVE-2012-5598, CVE-2012-5599, CVE-2012-5600,
CVE-2012-6056, CVE-2012-6059, CVE-2012-6060, CVE-2012-6061, CVE-2012-6062,
CVE-2013-3557, CVE-2013-3561, CVE-2013-4081, CVE-2013-4927, CVE-2013-4931,
CVE-2013-4932, CVE-2013-4933, CVE-2013-4934, CVE-2013-4935, CVE-2013-4936,
CVE-2013-5721)
The wireshark packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.8.10, which
provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous versions.
For more information on the bugs fixed, enhancements included, and
supported protocols introduced, refer to the Wireshark Release Notes,
linked to in the References. (BZ#711024)
This update also fixes the following bugs:
- Previously, Wireshark did not parse the RECLAIM-COMPLETE opcode when
inspecting traffic generated by NFSv4.1. A patch has been provided to
enable the parsing of the RECLAIM_COMPLETE opcode, and Wireshark is now
able to properly dissect and handle NFSv4.1 traffic. (BZ#750712)
- Prior to this update, frame arrival times in a text file were reported
one hour ahead from the timestamps in the packet capture file.
This resulted in various failures being reported by the dfilter-test.py
test suite. To fix this bug, frame arrival timestamps have been shifted by
one hour, thus fixing this bug. (BZ#832021)
- The "tshark -D" command returned output to STDERR instead of STDOUT,
which could break scripts that are parsing the "tshark -D" output. This bug
has been fixed, and the "tshark -D" command now writes output data to a
correct standard stream. (BZ#1004636)
- Due to an array overrun, Wireshark could experience undefined program
behavior or could unexpectedly terminate. With this update, proper array
handling ensures Wireshark no longer crashes in the described scenario.
(BZ#715560)
- Previously, the dftest and randpkt command line utilities lacked manual
pages. This update adds proper manual pages for both utilities. (BZ#659661)
In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:
- With this update, Wireshark is able to properly dissect and handle
InfiniBand and GlusterFS traffic. (BZ#699636, BZ#858976)
All Wireshark users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues and add these
enhancements. 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
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
Affected Products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 659661 - dftest and randpkt does not have a man page
- BZ - 711024 - Rebase wireshark to latest upstream stable release
- BZ - 715560 - Defects revealed by Coverity scan
- BZ - 750712 - NFS4.1: parse RECLAIM_COMPLETE opcode
- BZ - 824411 - CVE-2012-2392 wireshark: Infinite and large loops in ANSI MAP, ASF, IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.3, and LTP dissectors (wnpa-sec-2012-08)
- BZ - 832021 - Frame arrival times (pcap) are 1 hour more than timestamps in txt
- BZ - 836960 - CVE-2012-3825 wireshark: Integer overflows in BACapp and Bluetooth HCI dissectors, leading to DoS (wnpa-sec-2012-08)
- BZ - 848541 - CVE-2012-4285 wireshark: crash due to zero division in DCP ETSI dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-13)
- BZ - 848548 - CVE-2012-4288 wireshark: DoS via excessive resource consumption in XTP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-15)
- BZ - 848561 - CVE-2012-4289 wireshark: DoS via excessive CPU consumption in AFP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-17)
- BZ - 848572 - CVE-2012-4291 wireshark: DoS via excessive system resource consumption in CIP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-20)
- BZ - 848575 - CVE-2012-4292 wireshark: crash in STUN dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-21)
- BZ - 848578 - CVE-2012-4290 wireshark: DoS via excessive CPU consumption in CTDB dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-23)
- BZ - 881742 - CVE-2012-5600 CVE-2012-6062 wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in the RTCP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-38)
- BZ - 881748 - CVE-2012-5599 CVE-2012-6061 wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in the WTP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-37)
- BZ - 881771 - CVE-2012-5598 CVE-2012-6060 wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in the iSCSI dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-36)
- BZ - 881790 - CVE-2012-5597 CVE-2012-6059 wireshark: DoS (crash) in the ISAKMP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-35)
- BZ - 881809 - CVE-2012-5595 CVE-2012-6056 wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in the SCTP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-33)
- BZ - 889346 - The NFSv4.1dissectors need to updated to the latest upstream release
- BZ - 965190 - CVE-2013-3559 wireshark: DoS (crash) in the DCP ETSI dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-27, upstream #8231, #8540, #8541)
- BZ - 965193 - CVE-2013-3557 wireshark: DoS (crash) in the ASN.1 BER dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-25, upstream #8599)
- BZ - 966331 - CVE-2013-3561 wireshark: Multiple Denial of Service flaws
- BZ - 972686 - CVE-2013-4081 wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in the HTTP dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-39)
- BZ - 972688 - CVE-2013-4083 wireshark: Invalid free in the DCP ETSI dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-41)
- BZ - 990166 - CVE-2013-4927 wireshark: Integer signedness error in the Bluetooth SDP dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-45)
- BZ - 990170 - CVE-2013-4931 wireshark: DoS (infinite loop) in the GSM RR dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-49)
- BZ - 990172 - CVE-2013-4932 wireshark: Multiple array index errors in the GSM A Common dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-50)
- BZ - 990175 - CVE-2013-4933 wireshark: DoS (application crash) in the Netmon file parser (wnpa-sec-2013-51)
- BZ - 990178 - CVE-2013-4934 wireshark: DoS (application crash) in the Netmon file parser (wnpa-sec-2013-51) (A different flaw than CVE-2013-4933)
- BZ - 990179 - CVE-2013-4935 wireshark: DoS (application crash) in the ASN.1 PER dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-52)
- BZ - 990180 - CVE-2013-4936 wireshark: DoS (NULL pointer dereference, crash) in the PROFINET Real-Time dissector (wnpa-sec-2013-53)
- BZ - 1007197 - CVE-2013-5721 wireshark: MQ dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2013-58, upstream bug 9079)
CVEs
References
Vulmon