Double free vulnerability in the tvb_uncompress function in epan/tvbuff.c in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a packet with malformed data that uses zlib compression.

This update of wireshark fixes the following vulnerabilities :

  - CVE-2011-3266: Wireshark IKE dissector vulnerability

  - CVE-2011-3360: Wireshark Lua script execution     vulnerability

  - CVE-2011-3483: Wireshark buffer exception handling     vulnerability

  - CVE-2011-2597: Lucent/Ascend file parser susceptible to     infinite loop

  - CVE-2011-2698: ANSI MAP dissector susceptible to     infinite loop

  - CVE-2011-1957: Large/infinite loop in the DICOM     dissector

  - CVE-2011-1959: A corrupted snoop file could crash     Wireshark

  - CVE-2011-2174: Malformed compressed capture data could     crash Wireshark

  - CVE-2011-2175: A corrupted Visual Networks file could     crash Wireshark

  - CVE-2011-1958: dereferene a NULL pointer if we had a     corrupted Diameter dictionary

This update of wireshark fixes the following vulnerabilities :

  - CVE-2011-3266: Wireshark IKE dissector vulnerability

  - CVE-2011-3360: Wireshark Lua script execution     vulnerability

  - CVE-2011-3483: Wireshark buffer exception handling     vulnerability 

  - CVE-2011-2597: Lucent/Ascend file parser susceptible to     infinite loop

  - CVE-2011-2698: ANSI MAP dissector susceptible to     infinite loop 

  - CVE-2011-1957: Large/infinite loop in the DICOM     dissector

  - CVE-2011-1959: A corrupted snoop file could crash     Wireshark

  - CVE-2011-2174: Malformed compressed capture data could     crash Wireshark

  - CVE-2011-2175: A corrupted Visual Networks file could     crash Wireshark

  - CVE-2011-1958: dereferene a NULL pointer if we had a     corrupted Diameter dictionary

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0509 advisory.

    [1.2.15-2.0.1.el6_2.1]
    - Add oracle-ocfs2-network.patch to allow disassembly of OCFS2 interconnect

    [1.2.15-2.1]
    - security patches
    - Resolves: CVE-2011-1143                 CVE-2011-1590                 CVE-2011-1957                 CVE-2011-1959                 CVE-2011-2174                 CVE-2011-2175 CVE-2011-1958                 CVE-2011-2597 CVE-2011-2698                 CVE-2011-4102                 CVE-2012-0041 CVE-2012-0066 CVE-2012-0067                 CVE-2012-0042                 CVE-2012-1595

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.

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

Several flaws were found in Wireshark. 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-2011-1590, CVE-2011-4102, CVE-2012-1595)

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-2011-1143, CVE-2011-1957, CVE-2011-1958, CVE-2011-1959, CVE-2011-2174, CVE-2011-2175, CVE-2011-2597, CVE-2011-2698, CVE-2012-0041, CVE-2012-0042, CVE-2012-0067, CVE-2012-0066)

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

Updated wireshark packages that fix several 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.

Several flaws were found in Wireshark. 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-2011-1590, CVE-2011-4102, CVE-2012-1595)

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-2011-1143, CVE-2011-1957, CVE-2011-1958, CVE-2011-1959, CVE-2011-2174, CVE-2011-2175, CVE-2011-2597, CVE-2011-2698, CVE-2012-0041, CVE-2012-0042, CVE-2012-0067, CVE-2012-0066)

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

This update of wireshark fixes the following vulnerabilities :

  - Wireshark IKE dissector vulnerability. (CVE-2011-3266)

  - Wireshark Lua script execution vulnerability.
    (CVE-2011-3360)

  - Wireshark buffer exception handling vulnerability.
    (CVE-2011-3483)

  - Lucent/Ascend file parser susceptible to infinite loop.
    (CVE-2011-2597)

  - ANSI MAP dissector susceptible to infinite loop.
    (CVE-2011-2698)

  - Large/infinite loop in the DICOM dissector.
    (CVE-2011-1957)

  - A corrupted snoop file could crash Wireshark.
    (CVE-2011-1959)

  - Malformed compressed capture data could crash Wireshark.
    (CVE-2011-2174)

  - A corrupted Visual Networks file could crash Wireshark.
    (CVE-2011-2175)

  - dereferene a NULL pointer if we had a corrupted Diameter     dictionary. (CVE-2011-1958)

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.

Huzaifa Sidhpurwala, David Maciejak and others discovered several vulnerabilities in the X.509if and DICOM dissectors and in the code to process various capture and dictionary files, which could lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

Upgrade to latest release, fixing few security bugs. See http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.17.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.

Upgrade to latest release, fixing few security bugs. See http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.7.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.

The installed version of Wireshark is 1.2.x less than 1.2.17 or 1.4.x less than 1.4.7.  As such, it is affected by the following vulnerabilities :
  - An error exists in DICOM dissector that can allow denial     of service attacks when processing certain malformed     packets. (Issue #5876)

  - An error exists in the handling of corrupted snoop     files that can cause application crashes. (Issue #5912)

  - An error exists in the handling of compressed capture     data that can cause application crashes. (Issue #5908)

  - An error exists in the handling of 'Visual Networks'     files that can cause application crashes. (Issue #5934)

  - An error exists in the 'desegment_tcp()' function in the     file 'epan/dissectors/packet-tcp.c' that can allow a NULL     pointer to be dereferenced when handling certain TCP     segments. (Issue #5837)

  - An error exists in the handling of corrupted 'Diameter'     dictionary files that can cause application crashes.     (CVE-2011-1958)

This advisory updates wireshark to the latest version (1.2.17), fixing several security issues :

  - Large/infinite loop in the DICOM dissector. (Bug 5876)     Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.16 and 1.4.0 to 1.4.6.

  - Huzaifa Sidhpurwala of the Red Hat Security Response     Team discovered that a corrupted Diameter dictionary     file could crash Wireshark. Versions affected: 1.2.0 to     1.2.16 and 1.4.0 to 1.4.6.

  - Huzaifa Sidhpurwala of the Red Hat Security Response     Team discovered that a corrupted snoop file could crash     Wireshark. (Bug 5912) Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.16     and 1.4.0 to 1.4.6.

  - David Maciejak of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs discovered     that malformed compressed capture data could crash     Wireshark. (Bug 5908) Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.16     and 1.4.0 to 1.4.6.

  - Huzaifa Sidhpurwala of the Red Hat Security Response     Team discovered that a corrupted Visual Networks file     could crash Wireshark. (Bug 5934) Versions affected:
    1.2.0 to 1.2.16 and 1.4.0 to 1.4.6.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
76045	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2011:1142-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
75774	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2011:1142-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
68516	Oracle Linux 6 : wireshark (ELSA-2012-0509)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
61303	Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120423)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
58849	CentOS 6 : wireshark (CESA-2012:0509)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
58841	RHEL 6 : wireshark (RHSA-2012:0509)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
57263	SuSE 10 Security Update : wireshark (ZYPP Patch Number 7796)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
57136	SuSE 11.1 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 5281)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
56617	SuSE 10 Security Update : wireshark (ZYPP Patch Number 7795)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
56426	GLSA-201110-02 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
55537	Debian DSA-2274-1 : wireshark - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
55152	Fedora 13 : wireshark-1.2.17-1.fc13 (2011-7858)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
55151	Fedora 14 : wireshark-1.4.7-1.fc14 (2011-7846)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
55008	Fedora 15 : wireshark-1.4.7-1.fc15 (2011-7821)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
54942	Wireshark < 1.2.17 / 1.4.7 Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	medium
54940	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2011:105)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	medium

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