Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2013:055)
High Nessus Plugin ID 66069
Synopsis
The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in wireshark :
Infinite and large loops in ANSI MAP, BACapp, Bluetooth HCI, IEEE 802.3, LTP, and R3 dissectors have been fixed. Discovered by Laurent Butti (http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-08.html [CVE-2012-2392])
The DIAMETER dissector could try to allocate memory improperly and crash (http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-09.html [CVE-2012-2393])
Wireshark could crash on SPARC processors due to misaligned memory.
Discovered by Klaus Heckelmann (http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-10.html [CVE-2012-2394])
The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump (CVE-2012-4048).
epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted packet (CVE-2012-4049).
The DCP ETSI dissector could trigger a zero division (CVE-2012-4285).
The XTP dissector could go into an infinite loop (CVE-2012-4288).
The AFP dissector could go into a large loop (CVE-2012-4289).
The RTPS2 dissector could overflow a buffer (CVE-2012-4296).
The GSM RLC MAC dissector could overflow a buffer (CVE-2012-4297).
The CIP dissector could exhaust system memory (CVE-2012-4291).
The STUN dissector could crash (CVE-2012-4292).
The EtherCAT Mailbox dissector could abort (CVE-2012-4293).
The CTDB dissector could go into a large loop (CVE-2012-4290).
Martin Wilck discovered an infinite loop in the DRDA dissector (CVE-2012-5239).
The USB dissector could go into an infinite loop. (wnpa-sec-2012-31)
The ISAKMP dissector could crash. (wnpa-sec-2012-35)
The iSCSI dissector could go into an infinite loop. (wnpa-sec-2012-36)
The WTP dissector could go into an infinite loop. (wnpa-sec-2012-37)
The RTCP dissector could go into an infinite loop. (wnpa-sec-2012-38)
The ICMPv6 dissector could go into an infinite loop.
(wnpa-sec-2012-40)
Infinite and large loops in the Bluetooth HCI, CSN.1, DCP-ETSI DOCSIS CM-STAUS, IEEE 802.3 Slow Protocols, MPLS, R3, RTPS, SDP, and SIP dissectors (wnpa-sec-2013-01).
The CLNP dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2013-02).
The DTN dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2013-03).
The MS-MMC dissector (and possibly others) could crash (wnpa-sec-2013-04).
The DTLS dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2013-05).
The DCP-ETSI dissector could corrupt memory (wnpa-sec-2013-07).
The Wireshark dissection engine could crash (wnpa-sec-2013-08).
The NTLMSSP dissector could overflow a buffer (wnpa-sec-2013-09).
The sFlow dissector could go into an infinite loop (CVE-2012-6054).
The SCTP dissector could go into an infinite loop (CVE-2012-6056).
The MS-MMS dissector could crash (CVE-2013-2478).
The RTPS and RTPS2 dissectors could crash (CVE-2013-2480).
The Mount dissector could crash (CVE-2013-2481).
The AMPQ dissector could go into an infinite loop (CVE-2013-2482).
The ACN dissector could attempt to divide by zero (CVE-2013-2483).
The CIMD dissector could crash (CVE-2013-2484).
The FCSP dissector could go into an infinite loop (CVE-2013-2485).
The DTLS dissector could crash (CVE-2013-2488).
This advisory provides the latest version of Wireshark (1.6.14) which is not vulnerable to these issues.
Solution
Update the affected packages.