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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200909-16
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Severity: Normal
Title: Wireshark: Denial of Service
Date: September 13, 2009
Bugs: #278564
ID: 200909-16
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark which allow
for Denial of Service.
Background
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Wireshark is a versatile network protocol analyzer.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-analyzer/wireshark < 1.2.1 >= 1.2.1
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Wireshark:
* A buffer overflow in the IPMI dissector related to an array index
error (CVE-2009-2559).
* Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Bluetooth L2CAP,
RADIUS, and MIOP dissectors (CVE-2009-2560).
* An unspecified vulnerability in the sFlow dissector
(CVE-2009-2561).
* An unspecified vulnerability in the AFS dissector (CVE-2009-2562).
* An unspecified vulnerability in the Infiniband dissector when
running on unspecified platforms (CVE-2009-2563).
Impact
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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 to cause a
Denial of Service.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose =net-analyzer/wireshark-1.2.1
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2009-2559
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2559
[ 2 ] CVE-2009-2560
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2560
[ 3 ] CVE-2009-2561
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2561
[ 4 ] CVE-2009-2562
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2562
[ 5 ] CVE-2009-2563
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2563
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200909-16.xml
Concerns?
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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
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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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
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