Buffer overflow in the sect_enttec_dmx_da function in epan/dissectors/packet-enttec.c in Wireshark 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ENTTEC DMX packet with Run Length Encoding (RLE) compression.

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0013 advisory.

    [1.2.13-1.0.1.el6_0.2]
    - Add oracle-ocfs2-network.patch to allow disassembly of OCFS2 interconnect       packets bug#11486

    [1.2.13-1.1]
    - fix buffer overflow in ENTTEC dissector
    - Resolves: #667337

    [1.2.13-1]
    - upgrade to 1.2.13
    - see http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.11.html
    - see http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.12.html
    - see http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.13.html
    - Resolves: #657534 (CVE-2010-4300 CVE-2010-3445)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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.

An array index error, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow, was found in the Wireshark ENTTEC 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-2010-4538)

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

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in wireshark :

Buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-enttec.c in Wireshark 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ENTTEC DMX packet with Run Length Encoding (RLE) compression (CVE-2010-4538).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Updated wireshark packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

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

An array index error, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow, was found in the Wireshark ENTTEC 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-2010-4538)

Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the ENTTEC dissector may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

- Wed Jan 5 2011 Jan Safranek <jsafrane at redhat.com> -     1.2.13-2

    - fixed buffer overflow in ENTTEC dissector (#666897)

    - Mon Nov 22 2010 Jan Safranek <jsafrane at redhat.com>
      - 1.2.13-1

    - upgrade to 1.2.13

    - see       http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.1       3.html

    - Mon Sep 13 2010 Jan Safranek <jsafrane at redhat.com>
      - 1.2.11-1

    - upgrade to 1.2.11

    - see       http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.1       1.html

    - Resolves: #632539

    - Tue Aug 24 2010 Jan Safranek <jsafrane at redhat.com>
      - 1.2.10-1

    - upgrade to 1.2.10

    - see       http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.1       0.html

    - Resolves: #625940 CVE-2010-2287 CVE-2010-2286       CVE-2010-2284 CVE-2010-2283

    - Mon May 17 2010 Radek Vokal <rvokal at redhat.com> -       1.2.8-3

    - removing traling bracket from python_sitearch       (#592391)

    - Fri May 7 2010 Radek Vokal <rvokal at redhat.com> -       1.2.8-2

    - add libtool patch

    - Fri May 7 2010 Radek Vokal <rvokal at redhat.com> -       1.2.8-1

    - use sitearch instead of sitelib to avoid pyo and pyc       conflicts

    - upgrade to 1.2.8

    - see       http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.8       .html

    - rebuild with GeoIP support (needs to be turned on in       IP protocol preferences)

    - bring back -pie

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.

- Wed Jan 5 2011 Jan Safranek <jsafrane at redhat.com> -     1.4.2-2

    - fixed buffer overflow in ENTTEC dissector (#666897)

    - Mon Nov 22 2010 Jan Safranek <jsafrane at redhat.com>
      - 1.4.2-1

    - upgrade to 1.4.2

    - see       http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.2       .html

    - Mon Nov 1 2010 Jan Safranek <jsafrane at redhat.com> -       1.4.1-2

    - temporarily disable zlib until       https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49       55 is resolved (#643461)

  - Fri Oct 22 2010 Jan Safranek <jsafrane at redhat.com> -     1.4.1-1

    - upgrade to 1.4.1

    - see       http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.1       .html

    - Own the %{_libdir}/wireshark dir (#644508)

    - associate *.pcap files with wireshark (#641163)

    - Tue Oct 5 2010 jkeating - 1.4.0-2.1

    - Rebuilt for gcc bug 634757

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.

The installed version of Wireshark is 1.2.x less than 1.2.14 or 1.4.x less than 1.4.3.  Such versions are affected by the following vulnerabilities :
  - An error exists in the MAC-LTE dissector that allows a     series of malformed packets to cause a buffer overflow.
    (5530)

  - An error exists in the ENTTEC dissector that allows a     series of malformed packets to cause a buffer overflow.
    (5539)

  - An error exists in the ASN.1 BER dissector that allows     a series of malformed packets to make Wireshark exit     prematurely. (5537)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
68179	Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : wireshark (ELSA-2011-0013)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
60931	Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
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
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
51795	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2011:002)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	high
51784	CentOS 4 : wireshark (CESA-2011:0013)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
51531	Debian DSA-2144-1 : wireshark - buffer overflow	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
51519	Fedora 13 : wireshark-1.2.13-2.fc13 (2011-0167)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
51515	Fedora 14 : wireshark-1.4.2-2.fc14 (2011-0128)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
51458	Wireshark < 1.2.14 / 1.4.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
51452	RHEL 4 / 5 / 6 : wireshark (RHSA-2011:0013)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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