Unspecified vulnerability in the Infiniband dissector in Wireshark 1.0.6 through 1.2.0, when running on unspecified platforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2010:0360 :

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.

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.

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)

All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Note: libsmi was added to SL4 and SL5 because it was a new dependency for wireshark and older versions of SL4 and SL5 did not have libsmi.

This update of wireshark fixes :

  - Remote attackers could potentially trigger a buffer     overflow in the Daintree SNA file parser.
    (CVE-2009-4376)

  - Specially crafted packets could cause the SMB and SMB2     dissector to crash wireshark. (CVE-2009-4377)

  - Unspecified vulnerability in the Infiniband dissector     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2009-2563)

  - Several buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector.
    (CVE-2010-0304)

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.

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.

This update of wireshark fixes :

  - CVE-2009-4376: Remote attackers could potentially     trigger a buffer overflow in the Daintree SNA file     parser.

  - CVE-2009-4377: Specially crafted packets could cause the     SMB and SMB2 dissector to crash wireshark.

  - CVE-2009-2563: Unspecified vulnerability in the     Infiniband dissector allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service.

  - CVE-2010-0304: Several buffer overflows in the LWRES     dissector.

This advisory updates Wireshark to the version 1.0.11, which fixes the following vulnerabilities :

The SMB and SMB2 dissectors could crash (CVE-2009-4377). The Infiniband dissector could crash on some platforms (CVE-2009-2563).
Several buffer overflows were discovered and fixed in the LWRES dissector.

Rebased to 1.2.x, fixing several security flaws, see the security advisory for details:
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Update to Wireshark 1.2.2 fixing multiple security issues:
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.html * The OpcUa dissector could use excessive CPU and memory. (Bug 3986) Versions affected: 0.99.6 to 1.0.8, 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 * The GSM A RR dissector could crash. (Bug 3893) Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 * The TLS dissector could crash on some platforms. (Bug 4008) Versions affected:
1.2.0 to 1.2.1 http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.1.html http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html * The AFS dissector could crash. (Bug 3564) Versions affected: 0.9.2 to 1.2.0

  - The Infiniband dissector could crash on some platforms.
    Versions affected: 1.0.6 to 1.2.0 * The IPMI dissector     could overrun a buffer. (Bug 3559) Versions affected:
    1.2.0 * The Bluetooth L2CAP dissector could crash. (Bug     3572) Versions affected: 1.2.0 * The RADIUS dissector     could crash. (Bug 3578) Versions affected: 1.2.0 * The     MIOP dissector could crash. (Bug 3652) Versions     affected: 1.2.0 * The sFlow dissector could use     excessive CPU and memory. (Bug 3570) Versions affected:
    1.2.0 (Issues from wnpa-sec-2009-04 does not affect     users of Wireshark 1.2.1 packages from updates-testing.)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The installed version of Wireshark or Ethereal is affected by multiple issues :

  - The AFS dissector could crash. (Bug 3564)

  - The infiniband dissector could crash on some platforms.
    (CVE-2009-2563)

  - The OpcUa dissector could use excessive CPU and memory.
    (Bug 3986)

These vulnerabilities could result in a denial of service. A remote attacker could exploit these issues by tricking a user into opening a maliciously crafted capture file. Additionally, if Wireshark is running in promiscuous mode, one of these issues could be exploited remotely (from the same network segment).

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200909-16 (Wireshark: Denial of Service)

    Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Wireshark:
    A     buffer overflow in the IPMI dissector related to an array index error     (CVE-2009-2559).
    Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the     Bluetooth L2CAP, RADIUS, and MIOP dissectors (CVE-2009-2560).
    An unspecified vulnerability in the sFlow dissector     (CVE-2009-2561).
    An unspecified vulnerability in the AFS     dissector (CVE-2009-2562).
    An unspecified vulnerability in the     Infiniband dissector when running on unspecified platforms     (CVE-2009-2563).
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending     specially crafted packets on a network being monitored by Wireshark or     by enticing a user to read a malformed packet trace file to cause a     Denial of Service.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Vulnerabilities have been discovered in wireshark package, which could lead to application crash via radius, infiniband and afs dissectors (CVE-2009-2560, CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-2563).

This update provides a fix for those vulnerabilities.

The installed version of Wireshark or Ethereal is affected by multiple issues :

  - The IPMI dissector could overrun a buffer. (Bug 3559)

  - The AFS dissector could crash. (Bug 3564)

  - The Infiniband dissector could crash on some platforms.

  - The Bluetooth L2CAP dissector could crash. (Bug 3572)

  - The RADIUS dissector could crash. (Bug 3578)

  - The MIOP dissector could crash. (Bug 3652)

  - The sFlow dissector could use excessive CPU and memory.
    (Bug 3570)

These vulnerabilities could result in a denial of service, or possibly arbitrary code execution.  A remote attacker could exploit these issues by tricking a user into opening a maliciously crafted capture file.  Additionally, if Wireshark is running in promiscuous mode, one of these issues could be exploited remotely (from the same network segment).

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
68032	Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (ELSA-2010-0360)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
60785	Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
51635	SuSE 11 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 2082)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
46301	RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (RHSA-2010:0360)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
45594	CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2010:0360)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
45077	SuSE 11 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 2082)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
45076	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-1900)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
45074	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-1900)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
45072	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-1900)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
44385	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2010:031)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	high
43015	Fedora 10 : wireshark-1.2.1-1.fc10 (2009-7998)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
42387	Fedora 11 : wireshark-1.2.2-1.fc11 (2009-9837)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
41029	Wireshark / Ethereal 0.9.2 to 1.0.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	medium
40963	GLSA-200909-16 : Wireshark: Denial of Service	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
40498	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2009:194)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	high
40335	Wireshark / Ethereal 0.9.2 to 1.2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high

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