Integer overflow in wiretap/erf.c in Wireshark before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted erf file, related to an "unsigned integer wrap vulnerability."

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.

Version upgrade of wireshark fix multiple vulnerabilities :

  - The Paltalk dissector could crash on alignment-sensitive     processors. (CVE-2009-3549: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0     (MEDIUM))

  - The DCERPC/NT dissector could crash. (CVE-2009-3550:
    CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 (MEDIUM))

  - The SMB dissector could crash. (CVE-2009-3551: CVSS v2     Base Score: 5.0 (MEDIUM))

  - The RADIUS dissector could crash. (CVE-2009-2560: CVSS     v2 Base Score: 5.0 (MEDIUM))

  - Fix for an integer overflow in wiretap/erf.c that     allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a     crafted ERF file. (CVE-2009-3829). (CVSS v2 Base Score:
    9.3 (HIGH))

Vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in wireshark, affecting DCERPC/NT dissector, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a file that records a malformed packet trace (CVE-2009-3550); and in wiretap/erf.c which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted erf file (CVE-2009-3829).

The wireshark package has been updated to fix these vulnerabilities.

Update :

Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers

Version upgrade of wireshark fix multiple vulnerabilities :

  - CVE-2009-3549: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (MEDIUM) The     Paltalk dissector could crash on alignment-sensitive     processors.

  - CVE-2009-3550: CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 (MEDIUM) The     DCERPC/NT dissector could crash.

  - CVE-2009-3551: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (MEDIUM) The SMB     dissector could crash.

  - CVE-2009-2560: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (MEDIUM) The     RADIUS dissector could crash.

  - CVE-2009-3829 CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (HIGH) Fix for an     integer overflow in wiretap/erf.c that allowed remote     attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ERF     file. This does not affect SLE products.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200911-05 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark:
    Ryan Giobbi reported an integer overflow in wiretap/erf.c     (CVE-2009-3829).
    The vendor reported multiple unspecified     vulnerabilities in the Bluetooth L2CAP, RADIUS, and MIOP dissectors     (CVE-2009-2560), in the OpcUa dissector (CVE-2009-3241), in packet.c in     the GSM A RR dissector (CVE-2009-3242), in the TLS dissector     (CVE-2009-3243), in the Paltalk dissector (CVE-2009-3549), in the     DCERPC/NT dissector (CVE-2009-3550), and in the     dissect_negprot_response() function in packet-smb.c in the SMB     dissector (CVE-2009-3551).
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted 'erf'     file using Wireshark, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary     code with the privileges of the user running the application. A remote     attacker could furthermore send specially crafted packets on a network     being monitored by Wireshark or entice a user to open a malformed     packet trace file using Wireshark, possibly resulting in a Denial of     Service.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

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
43085	SuSE 11 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 1606)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
42993	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2009:292-1)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	high
42955	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-1600)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
42953	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-1600)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
42950	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-1600)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
42915	GLSA-200911-05 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high

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