The SMB dissector in Wireshark 0.99.6 through 1.0.13, and 1.2.0 through 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unknown vectors.

Wireshark version 1.4.2 fixes several security issues that allowed attackers to crash wireshark or potentially even execute arbitrary code

(CVE-2010-1455, CVE-2010-2283, CVE-2010-2284, CVE-2010-2285, CVE-2010-2286, CVE-2010-2287, CVE-2010-2992, CVE-2010-2993, CVE-2010-2994, CVE-2010-2995, CVE-2010-3445, CVE-2010-4300, CVE-2010-4301)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2010:0625 :

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.

Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in the Wireshark SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine (UDVM) 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-2010-2287, CVE-2010-2995)

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-2010-1455, CVE-2010-2283, CVE-2010-2284, CVE-2010-2286)

Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.15, and resolve these issues. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in the Wireshark SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine (UDVM) 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-2010-2287, CVE-2010-2995)

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-2010-1455, CVE-2010-2283, CVE-2010-2284, CVE-2010-2286)

NOTE: This errata updates Wireshark to version 1.0.15 to resolve these issues.

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

Wireshark was updated to version 1.4.4 to fix several security issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201110-02 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets on a network       being monitored by Wireshark, entice a user to open a malformed packet       trace file using Wireshark, or deploy a specially crafted Lua script for       use by Wireshark, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code,       or a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Wireshark was updated to version 1.4.4 to fix several security issues

Update to upstream version 1.2.10: * http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.7.html * http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.8.html * http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.9.html * http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.10.html fixing multiple security issues: * http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-04.html * http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-06.html * http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-08.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 upstream version 1.2.10: * http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.9.html * http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.10.html fixing multiple security issues: * http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-06.html * http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-08.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.

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.

Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in the Wireshark SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine (UDVM) 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-2010-2287, CVE-2010-2995)

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-2010-1455, CVE-2010-2283, CVE-2010-2284, CVE-2010-2286)

Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.15, and resolve these issues. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

This advisory updates wireshark to the latest version(s), fixing several security issues :

The SMB dissector in Wireshark 0.99.6 through 1.0.13, and 1.2.0 through 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unknown vectors (CVE-2010-2283).

Buffer overflow in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 0.10.13 through 1.0.13 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.8 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors (CVE-2010-2284).

The SMB PIPE dissector in Wireshark 0.8.20 through 1.0.13 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unknown vectors (CVE-2010-2285).

The SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine dissector in Wireshark 0.10.7 through 1.0.13 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown vectors (CVE-2010-2286).

Buffer overflow in the SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine dissector in Wireshark 0.10.8 through 1.0.13 and 1.2.0 through 1.2.8 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors (CVE-2010-2287).

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Wireshark network traffic analyzer. It was discovered that NULL pointer dereferences, buffer overflows and infinite loops in the SMB, SMB PIPE, ASN1.1 and SigComp dissectors could lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

The installed version of Wireshark or Ethereal is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities. 

 - The SMB dissector can be affected by a NULL pointer    dereference. (Bug 4734)

 - The ANS.1 BER dissector can be affected by a buffer    overflow.

 - The SMB PIPE dissector can be affected by a NULL pointer    dereference on some platforms.

 - The SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine can    be affected by an infinite loop or a buffer overflow.
   (Bug 4826, 4837)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
75771	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2011:0010-2)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
68084	Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (ELSA-2010-0625)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
60836	Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	critical
57261	SuSE 10 Security Update : wireshark (ZYPP Patch Number 7438)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
56426	GLSA-201110-02 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
53808	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2011:0010-2)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
53689	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2011:0010-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
53319	SuSE 10 Security Update : wireshark (ZYPP Patch Number 7439)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
53315	SuSE 11.1 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 4267)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
49093	Fedora 12 : wireshark-1.2.10-1.fc12 (2010-13427)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
49092	Fedora 13 : wireshark-1.2.10-1.fc13 (2010-13416)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
48409	CentOS 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2010:0625)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	critical
48314	RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (RHSA-2010:0625)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
48186	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2010:113)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	critical
47584	Debian DSA-2066-1 : wireshark - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
46864	Wireshark / Ethereal < 1.0.14 / 1.2.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high

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