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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200809-17 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Wireshark: Multiple Denials of Service |
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Date: September 25, 2008 |
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Bugs: #236515 |
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ID: 200809-17 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities have been discovered in |
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Wireshark. |
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Background |
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Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer with a graphical front-end. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-analyzer/wireshark < 1.0.3 >= 1.0.3 |
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Description |
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The following vulnerabilities were reported: |
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* Multiple buffer overflows in the NCP dissector (CVE-2008-3146). |
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* Infinite loop in the NCP dissector (CVE-2008-3932). |
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* Invalid read in the tvb_uncompress() function when processing zlib |
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compressed data (CVE-2008-3933). |
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* Unspecified error when processing Textronix .rf5 files |
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(CVE-2008-3934). |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending |
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specially crafted packets on a network being monitored by Wireshark or |
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by enticing a user to read a malformed packet trace file, causing a |
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Denial of Service. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.0.3" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-3146 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3146 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2008-3932 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3932 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2008-3933 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3933 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2008-3934 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3934 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-17.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |