Unspecified vulnerability in the AFS dissector in Wireshark 0.9.2 through 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2010:0360 :

Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 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 program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal.

An invalid pointer dereference flaw was found in the Wireshark SMB and SMB2 dissectors. 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-2009-4377)

Several buffer overflow flaws were found in the Wireshark LWRES dissector. 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-2010-0304)

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-2009-2560, CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-2563, CVE-2009-3550, CVE-2009-3829)

Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.11, and resolve these issues. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

An invalid pointer dereference flaw was found in the Wireshark SMB and SMB2 dissectors. 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-2009-4377)

Several buffer overflow flaws were found in the Wireshark LWRES dissector. 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-2010-0304)

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-2009-2560, CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-2563, CVE-2009-3550, CVE-2009-3829)

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

Note: libsmi was added to SL4 and SL5 because it was a new dependency for wireshark and older versions of SL4 and SL5 did not have libsmi.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 / 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0360 advisory.

    Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was     previously known as Ethereal.

    An invalid pointer dereference flaw was found in the Wireshark SMB and SMB2     dissectors. 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-2009-4377)

    Several buffer overflow flaws were found in the Wireshark LWRES dissector.
    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-2010-0304)

    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-2009-2560, CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-2563,     CVE-2009-3550, CVE-2009-3829)

    Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain     Wireshark version 1.0.11, and resolve these issues. All running instances     of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 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 program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal.

An invalid pointer dereference flaw was found in the Wireshark SMB and SMB2 dissectors. 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-2009-4377)

Several buffer overflow flaws were found in the Wireshark LWRES dissector. 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-2010-0304)

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-2009-2560, CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-2563, CVE-2009-3550, CVE-2009-3829)

Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.11, and resolve these issues. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Wireshark network traffic analyzer, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2009-2560     A NULL pointer dereference was found in the RADIUS     dissector.

  - CVE-2009-3550     A NULL pointer dereference was found in the DCERP/NT     dissector.

  - CVE-2009-3829     An integer overflow was discovered in the ERF parser.

This update also includes fixes for three minor issues (CVE-2008-1829, CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-3241 ), which were scheduled for the next stable point update. Also CVE-2009-1268 was fixed for Etch. Since this security update was issued prior to the release of the point update, the fixes were included.

Rebased to 1.2.x, fixing several security flaws, see the security advisory for details:
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html

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.

Update to Wireshark 1.2.2 fixing multiple security issues:
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.html http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-06.html * The OpcUa dissector could use excessive CPU and memory. (Bug 3986) Versions affected: 0.99.6 to 1.0.8, 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 * The GSM A RR dissector could crash. (Bug 3893) Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 * The TLS dissector could crash on some platforms. (Bug 4008) Versions affected:
1.2.0 to 1.2.1 http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.1.html http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html * The AFS dissector could crash. (Bug 3564) Versions affected: 0.9.2 to 1.2.0

  - The Infiniband dissector could crash on some platforms.
    Versions affected: 1.0.6 to 1.2.0 * The IPMI dissector     could overrun a buffer. (Bug 3559) Versions affected:
    1.2.0 * The Bluetooth L2CAP dissector could crash. (Bug     3572) Versions affected: 1.2.0 * The RADIUS dissector     could crash. (Bug 3578) Versions affected: 1.2.0 * The     MIOP dissector could crash. (Bug 3652) Versions     affected: 1.2.0 * The sFlow dissector could use     excessive CPU and memory. (Bug 3570) Versions affected:
    1.2.0 (Issues from wnpa-sec-2009-04 does not affect     users of Wireshark 1.2.1 packages from updates-testing.)

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.

Flaws in the AFS dissector allowed attackers to crash wireshark via specially crafted network traffic (CVE-2009-2562).

Flaws in the AFS dissector allowed attackers to crash ethereal via specially crafted network traffic. (CVE-2009-2562)

Flaws in the AFS dissector allowed attackers to crash wireshark via specially crafted network traffic. (CVE-2009-2562)

Flaws in the AFS dissector allowed attackers to crash ethereal via specially crafted network traffic have been fixed. (CVE-2009-2562)

The installed version of Wireshark or Ethereal is affected by multiple issues :

  - The AFS dissector could crash. (Bug 3564)

  - The infiniband dissector could crash on some platforms.
    (CVE-2009-2563)

  - The OpcUa dissector could use excessive CPU and memory.
    (Bug 3986)

These vulnerabilities could result in a denial of service. A remote attacker could exploit these issues by tricking a user into opening a maliciously crafted capture file. Additionally, if Wireshark is running in promiscuous mode, one of these issues could be exploited remotely (from the same network segment).

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200909-16 (Wireshark: Denial of Service)

    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 :

    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 :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Vulnerabilities have been discovered in wireshark package, which could lead to application crash via radius, infiniband and afs dissectors (CVE-2009-2560, CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-2563).

This update provides a fix for those vulnerabilities.

The installed version of Wireshark or Ethereal is affected by multiple issues :

  - The IPMI dissector could overrun a buffer. (Bug 3559)

  - The AFS dissector could crash. (Bug 3564)

  - The Infiniband dissector could crash on some platforms.

  - The Bluetooth L2CAP dissector could crash. (Bug 3572)

  - The RADIUS dissector could crash. (Bug 3578)

  - The MIOP dissector could crash. (Bug 3652)

  - The sFlow dissector could use excessive CPU and memory.
    (Bug 3570)

These vulnerabilities could result in a denial of service, or possibly arbitrary code execution.  A remote attacker could exploit these issues by tricking a user into opening a maliciously crafted capture file.  Additionally, if Wireshark is running in promiscuous mode, one of these issues could be exploited remotely (from the same network segment).

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
68032	Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (ELSA-2010-0360)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
60785	Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
46301	RHEL 4 / 5 : wireshark (RHSA-2010:0360)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
45594	CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2010:0360)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
44807	Debian DSA-1942-1 : wireshark - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
43015	Fedora 10 : wireshark-1.2.1-1.fc10 (2009-7998)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
42387	Fedora 11 : wireshark-1.2.2-1.fc11 (2009-9837)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
42039	openSUSE 10 Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-6444)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
41507	SuSE 10 Security Update : ethereal (ZYPP Patch Number 6443)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
41385	SuSE 11 Security Update : ethereal and wireshark (SAT Patch Number 1231)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
41321	SuSE9 Security Update : ethereal (YOU Patch Number 12485)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
41029	Wireshark / Ethereal 0.9.2 to 1.0.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	medium
40963	GLSA-200909-16 : Wireshark: Denial of Service	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
40847	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-1229)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
40843	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-1229)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
40498	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2009:194)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	high
40335	Wireshark / Ethereal 0.9.2 to 1.2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high

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