- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200906-05 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: June 30, 2009 Bugs: #242996, #248425, #258013, #264571, #271062 ID: 200906-05 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark which allow for Denial of Service (application crash) or remote code execution. Background ========== Wireshark is a versatile network protocol analyzer. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/wireshark < 1.0.8 >= 1.0.8 Description =========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark: * David Maciejak discovered a vulnerability in packet-usb.c in the USB dissector via a malformed USB Request Block (URB) (CVE-2008-4680). * Florent Drouin and David Maciejak reported an unspecified vulnerability in the Bluetooth RFCOMM dissector (CVE-2008-4681). * A malformed Tamos CommView capture file (aka .ncf file) with an "unknown/unexpected packet type" triggers a failed assertion in wtap.c (CVE-2008-4682). * An unchecked packet length parameter in the dissect_btacl() function in packet-bthci_acl.c in the Bluetooth ACL dissector causes an erroneous tvb_memcpy() call (CVE-2008-4683). * A vulnerability where packet-frame does not properly handle exceptions thrown by post dissectors caused by a certain series of packets (CVE-2008-4684). * Mike Davies reported a use-after-free vulnerability in the dissect_q931_cause_ie() function in packet-q931.c in the Q.931 dissector via certain packets that trigger an exception (CVE-2008-4685). * The Security Vulnerability Research Team of Bkis reported that the SMTP dissector could consume excessive amounts of CPU and memory (CVE-2008-5285). * The vendor reported that the WLCCP dissector could go into an infinite loop (CVE-2008-6472). * babi discovered a buffer overflow in wiretap/netscreen.c via a malformed NetScreen snoop file (CVE-2009-0599). * A specially crafted Tektronix K12 text capture file can cause an application crash (CVE-2009-0600). * A format string vulnerability via format string specifiers in the HOME environment variable (CVE-2009-0601). * THCX Labs reported a format string vulnerability in the PROFINET/DCP (PN-DCP) dissector via a PN-DCP packet with format string specifiers in the station name (CVE-2009-1210). * An unspecified vulnerability with unknown impact and attack vectors (CVE-2009-1266). * Marty Adkins and Chris Maynard discovered a parsing error in the dissector for the Check Point High-Availability Protocol (CPHAP) (CVE-2009-1268). * Magnus Homann discovered a parsing error when loading a Tektronix .rf5 file (CVE-2009-1269). * The vendor reported that the PCNFSD dissector could crash (CVE-2009-1829). 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 which can trigger a Denial of Service (application crash or excessive CPU and memory usage) and possibly allow for the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Wireshark. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.0.8" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2008-4680 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4680 [ 2 ] CVE-2008-4681 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4681 [ 3 ] CVE-2008-4682 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4682 [ 4 ] CVE-2008-4683 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4683 [ 5 ] CVE-2008-4684 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4684 [ 6 ] CVE-2008-4685 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4685 [ 7 ] CVE-2008-5285 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5285 [ 8 ] CVE-2008-6472 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6472 [ 9 ] CVE-2009-0599 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0599 [ 10 ] CVE-2009-0600 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0600 [ 11 ] CVE-2009-0601 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0601 [ 12 ] CVE-2009-1210 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1210 [ 13 ] CVE-2009-1266 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1266 [ 14 ] CVE-2009-1268 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1268 [ 15 ] CVE-2009-1269 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1269 [ 16 ] CVE-2009-1829 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1829 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200906-05.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5