Buffer overflow in the mpeg_read function in wiretap/mpeg.c in the MPEG parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.13 and 1.10.x before 1.10.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large record in MPEG data.

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-2014-2281 , CVE-2014-2299)

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-2013-6336 , CVE-2013-6337 , CVE-2013-6338 , CVE-2013-6339 , CVE-2013-6340 , CVE-2014-2283 , CVE-2013-7112 , CVE-2013-7114)

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201406-33 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

    A remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution or a Denial of       Service condition via a specially crafted packet.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Wireshark was updated to version 1.8.13 on openSUSE 12.3 and 1.10.6 on openSUSE 13.1 to fix security issues and bugs.

Wireshark update to 1.8.13 [bnc#867485]

  + vulnerabilities fixed :

  - The NFS dissector could crash wnpa-sec-2014-01     CVE-2014-2281

  - The RLC dissector could crash wnpa-sec-2014-03     CVE-2014-2283

  - The MPEG file parser could overflow a buffer     wnpa-sec-2014-04 CVE-2014-2299

  + Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed     in:
    https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.13     .html

Wireshark update to 1.10.6 [bnc#867485] 

  + vulnerabilities fixed :

  - The NFS dissector could crash wnpa-sec-2014-01     CVE-2014-2281

  - The M3UA dissector could crash wnpa-sec-2014-02     CVE-2014-2282

  - The RLC dissector could crash wnpa-sec-2014-03     CVE-2014-2283

  - The MPEG file parser could overflow a buffer     wnpa-sec-2014-04 CVE-2014-2299

  + Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed     in:
    https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.6     .html

Wireshark was updated to version 1.8.13 to fix security and stability issues.

The following security vulnerabilities have been fixed :

  - The NFS dissector could crash. (CVE-2014-2281)

  - The RLC dissector could crash. (CVE-2014-2283)

  - The MPEG file parser could overflow a buffer. For more     information about additional bug fixes and updated     protocol support, please refer to:
    https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.13     .html. (CVE-2014-2299)

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-2014-2281, CVE-2014-2299)

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-2013-6336, CVE-2013-6337, CVE-2013-6338, CVE-2013-6339, CVE-2013-6340, CVE-2014-2283, CVE-2013-7112, CVE-2013-7114)

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

Multiple 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, CVE-2014-2281, CVE-2014-2299)

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-2012-5595, CVE-2012-5598, CVE-2012-5599, CVE-2012-5600, CVE-2012-6056, CVE-2012-6060, CVE-2012-6061, CVE-2012-6062, CVE-2013-3557, CVE-2013-4081, CVE-2013-4927, CVE-2013-4931, CVE-2013-4932, CVE-2013-4933, CVE-2013-4934, CVE-2013-4935, CVE-2013-5721, CVE-2013-7112)

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

Updated wireshark packages that fix multiple 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 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-2014-2281, CVE-2014-2299)

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-2013-6336, CVE-2013-6337, CVE-2013-6338, CVE-2013-6339, CVE-2013-6340, CVE-2014-2283, CVE-2013-7112, CVE-2013-7114)

All Wireshark users are advised to 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 multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 network protocol analyzer. It is used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network.

Multiple 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, CVE-2014-2281, CVE-2014-2299)

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-2012-5595, CVE-2012-5598, CVE-2012-5599, CVE-2012-5600, CVE-2012-6056, CVE-2012-6060, CVE-2012-6061, CVE-2012-6062, CVE-2013-3557, CVE-2013-4081, CVE-2013-4927, CVE-2013-4931, CVE-2013-4932, CVE-2013-4933, CVE-2013-4934, CVE-2013-4935, CVE-2013-5721, CVE-2013-7112)

All Wireshark users are advised to 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.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2014:0342 :

Updated wireshark packages that fix multiple 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 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-2014-2281, CVE-2014-2299)

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-2013-6336, CVE-2013-6337, CVE-2013-6338, CVE-2013-6339, CVE-2013-6340, CVE-2014-2283, CVE-2013-7112, CVE-2013-7114)

All Wireshark users are advised to 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.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2014:0341 :

Updated wireshark packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 network protocol analyzer. It is used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network.

Multiple 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, CVE-2014-2281, CVE-2014-2299)

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-2012-5595, CVE-2012-5598, CVE-2012-5599, CVE-2012-5600, CVE-2012-6056, CVE-2012-6060, CVE-2012-6061, CVE-2012-6062, CVE-2013-3557, CVE-2013-4081, CVE-2013-4927, CVE-2013-4931, CVE-2013-4932, CVE-2013-4933, CVE-2013-4934, CVE-2013-4935, CVE-2013-5721, CVE-2013-7112)

All Wireshark users are advised to 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.

- Ver. 1.10.6 Reorganize Capture Dialog layout on low     resolution displays

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 1.10.x is a version prior to 1.10.6. It is, therefore, affected by denial of service vulnerabilities in the following dissectors :

  - NFS dissector (CVE-2014-2281)
  - M3UA dissector (CVE-2014-2282)
  - RLC dissector (CVE-2014-2283)

Additionally, a flaw exists in the 'mpeg_read()' function in the MPEG file parser, 'wiretap/mpeg.c', where input is not properly sanitized when handling oversized records.  A context-dependent attacker could cause a buffer overflow with a specially crafted packet trace file, resulting in a denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution.  (CVE-2014-2299)

The installed version of Wireshark 1.8.x is a version prior to 1.8.13. It is, therefore, affected by denial of service vulnerabilities in the following dissectors :

  - NFS dissector (CVE-2014-2281)
  - RLC dissector (CVE-2014-2283)

Additionally, a flaw exists in the 'mpeg_read()' function in the MPEG file parser, 'wiretap/mpeg.c', where input is not properly sanitized when handling oversized records. A context-dependent attacker could cause a buffer overflow with a specially crafted packet trace file, resulting in a denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2014-2299)

Multiple vulnerabilities was found and corrected in Wireshark :

  - The NFS dissector could crash. Discovered by Moshe     Kaplan (CVE-2014-2281).

  - The RLC dissector could crash (CVE-2014-2283).

  - The MPEG file parser could overflow a buffer. Discovered     by Wesley Neelen (CVE-2014-2299).

This advisory provides the latest version of Wireshark (1.8.13) which is not vulnerable to these issues.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Wireshark :

  - CVE-2014-2281     Moshe Kaplan discovered that the NFS dissector could be     crashed, resulting in denial of service.

  - CVE-2014-2283     It was discovered that the RLC dissector could be     crashed, resulting in denial of service.

  - CVE-2014-2299     Wesley Neelen discovered a buffer overflow in the MPEG     file parser, which could lead to the execution of     arbitrary code.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
78273	Amazon Linux AMI : wireshark (ALAS-2014-330)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
76304	GLSA-201406-33 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
75295	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2014:0382-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
73397	SuSE 11.3 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 9060)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
73286	Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140331)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
73285	Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20140331)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
73282	RHEL 6 : wireshark (RHSA-2014:0342)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
73281	RHEL 5 : wireshark (RHSA-2014:0341)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
73280	Oracle Linux 6 : wireshark (ELSA-2014-0342)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
73279	Oracle Linux 5 : wireshark (ELSA-2014-0341)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
73277	CentOS 6 : wireshark (CESA-2014:0342)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
73276	CentOS 5 : wireshark (CESA-2014:0341)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
73087	Fedora 19 : wireshark-1.10.6-1.fc19 (2014-3696)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
73086	Fedora 20 : wireshark-1.10.6-1.fc20 (2014-3676)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
72942	Wireshark 1.10.x < 1.10.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
72941	Wireshark 1.8.x < 1.8.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
72921	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2014:050)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	high
72911	Debian DSA-2871-1 : wireshark - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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