Buffer overflow in the MAC-LTE dissector (epan/dissectors/packet-mac-lte.c) in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.13 and 1.4.0 through 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of RARs.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2011:0369 :

Updated wireshark packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Wireshark MAC-LTE 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-2011-0444)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Wireshark processed signaling traces generated by the Gammu utility on Nokia DCT3 phones running in Netmonitor mode. If Wireshark opened a specially crafted capture file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2011-0713)

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-2011-0538, CVE-2011-1139, CVE-2011-1140, CVE-2011-1141)

Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.2.15, and 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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0369 advisory.

  - wireshark: buffer overflow in MAC-LTE disector (upstream bug #5530) (CVE-2011-0444)

  - Wireshark: memory corruption when reading a malformed pcap file (upstream bug #5652) (CVE-2011-0538)

  - Wireshark: heap-based buffer overflow when reading malformed Nokia DCT3 phone signalling traces     (CVE-2011-0713)

  - Wireshark: Denial Of Service (application crash) via a pcap-ng file that contains a large packet-length     field (CVE-2011-1139)

  - Wireshark: Multiple stack consumption vulnerabilities caused DoS via crafted SMB or CLDAP packet     (CVE-2011-1140)

  - Wireshark: Malformed LDAP filter string causes Denial of Service via excessive memory consumption     (CVE-2011-1141)

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

- Mon Jan 17 2011 Jan Safranek <jsafrane at redhat.com> -     1.2.14-1

    - upgrade to 1.2.14

    - see       http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.1       4.html

    - 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.

- Mon Jan 17 2011 Jan Safranek <jsafrane at redhat.com> -     1.4.2-3

    - upgrade to 1.4.3

    - see       http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.3       .html

    - 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.

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in wireshark :

Buffer overflow in the MAC-LTE dissector (epan/dissectors/packet-mac-lte.c) in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.13 and 1.4.0 through 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of RARs (CVE-2011-0444).

The updated packages have been upgraded to the latest version (1.2.14) which is not affected by this issue.

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
68231	Oracle Linux 6 : wireshark (ELSA-2011-0369)	Nessus	Oracle 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
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
52749	RHEL 6 : wireshark (RHSA-2011:0369)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
51854	Fedora 13 : wireshark-1.2.14-1.fc13 (2011-0460)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
51853	Fedora 14 : wireshark-1.4.3-1.fc14 (2011-0450)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
51799	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2011:007)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	critical
51458	Wireshark < 1.2.14 / 1.4.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high

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