The X.509if dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.16 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 does not properly initialize certain global variables, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .pcap file.

This wireshark update fixes :

  - Use of un-initialized variables (CVE-2011-1590)

  - Buffer overflow in DECT dissector (CVE-2011-1591)

  - Crash in NFS dissector on Windows (CVE-2011-1592)

Several 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.

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.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2012:0509 :

Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues 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.

Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal.

Several 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-2011-1590, CVE-2011-4102, CVE-2012-1595)

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-2011-1143, CVE-2011-1957, CVE-2011-1958, CVE-2011-1959, CVE-2011-2174, CVE-2011-2175, CVE-2011-2597, CVE-2011-2698, CVE-2012-0041, CVE-2012-0042, CVE-2012-0067, CVE-2012-0066)

Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal.

Several 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-2011-1590, CVE-2011-4102, CVE-2012-1595)

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-2011-1143, CVE-2011-1957, CVE-2011-1958, CVE-2011-1959, CVE-2011-2174, CVE-2011-2175, CVE-2011-2597, CVE-2011-2698, CVE-2012-0041, CVE-2012-0042, CVE-2012-0067, CVE-2012-0066)

Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues 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.

Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal.

Several 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-2011-1590, CVE-2011-4102, CVE-2012-1595)

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-2011-1143, CVE-2011-1957, CVE-2011-1958, CVE-2011-1959, CVE-2011-2174, CVE-2011-2175, CVE-2011-2597, CVE-2011-2698, CVE-2012-0041, CVE-2012-0042, CVE-2012-0067, CVE-2012-0066)

Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

This update to wireshark version 1.4.5 fixes the following security issues :

  - Resource Management Errors. (CWE-399, CVE-2011-1590)

  - Buffer Errors. (CWE-119, CVE-2011-1591)

  - Numeric Errors (CWE-189, CVE-2011-1592)

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201110-02 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets on a network       being monitored by Wireshark, entice a user to open a malformed packet       trace file using Wireshark, or deploy a specially crafted Lua script for       use by Wireshark, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code,       or a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Huzaifa Sidhpurwala, David Maciejak and others discovered several vulnerabilities in the X.509if and DICOM dissectors and in the code to process various capture and dictionary files, which could lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

This ethereal update fixes the use of uninitialized variables.
(CVE-2011-1590)

This advisory updates wireshark to the latest version (1.2.16), fixing several security issues :

The X.509if dissector in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.16 and 1.4.x before 1.4.5 does not properly initialize certain global variables, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .pcap file (CVE-2011-1590).

Stack-based buffer overflow in the DECT dissector in epan/dissectors/packet-dect.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .pcap file (CVE-2011-1591).

The NFS dissector in epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.5 on Windows uses an incorrect integer data type during decoding of SETCLIENTID calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .pcap file (CVE-2011-1592).

The updated packages have been upgraded to the latest 1.2.x version (1.2.16) which is not vulnerable to these issues.

Upgrade to latest release, fixing few security bugs. See http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.5.html and http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.6.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.

Upgrade to latest release, fixing few security bugs. See http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.5.html and http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.6.html

Upgrade to latest release, fixing few security bugs. See http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.5.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.

Upgrade to latest release, fixing few security bugs. See http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.16.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.

The installed version of Wireshark is 1.2.x less than 1.2.16 or 1.4.x less than 1.4.5.  Such versions are affected by the following vulnerabilities :
  - A data type mismatch error exists in the function     'dissect_nfs_clientaddr4' in the file 'packet-nfs.c' of     the NFS dissector and could lead to application crashes     while decoding 'SETCLIENTID' calls. (5209)   
  - A use-after-free error exists in the file     'asn1/x509if/x509if.cnf' of the X.509if dissector that     could lead to application crashes. (5754, 5793)   
  - An buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the file     'packet-dect.c' of the DECT dissector that could allow     arbitrary code execution. (5836)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
76044	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2011:0599-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
75773	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2011:0602-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
69678	Amazon Linux AMI : wireshark (ALAS-2012-71)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
68516	Oracle Linux 6 : wireshark (ELSA-2012-0509)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
61303	Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120423)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
58849	CentOS 6 : wireshark (CESA-2012:0509)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
58841	RHEL 6 : wireshark (RHSA-2012:0509)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
57262	SuSE 10 Security Update : wireshark (ZYPP Patch Number 7500)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
56426	GLSA-201110-02 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
55537	Debian DSA-2274-1 : wireshark - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
54995	SuSE 10 Security Update : wireshark (ZYPP Patch Number 7501)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
54994	SuSE 11.1 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 4476)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
54993	SuSE9 Security Update : ethereal (YOU Patch Number 12708)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
53882	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2011:083)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	high
53563	Fedora 15 : wireshark-1.4.6-1.fc15 (2011-5621)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
53562	Fedora 14 : wireshark-1.4.6-1.fc14 (2011-5569)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
53561	Fedora 13 : wireshark-1.2.16-1.fc13 (2011-5529)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
53473	Wireshark < 1.2.16 / 1.4.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high

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