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

  - The Daintree SNA file parser can overflow a buffer.
    (Bug 4294)

  - The SMB and SMB2 dissectors can crash. (Bug 4301)

  - The IPMI dissector can crash on Windows. (Bug 4319)

These vulnerabilities can result in a denial of service, or possibly arbitrary code execution.  A remote attacker can exploit these issues by tricking a user into opening a maliciously crafted capture file. Additionally, if Wireshark is running in promiscuous mode, one of these issues can be exploited remotely (from the same network segment).

Various fixes were provided in wireshark 1.2.5 - see http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.5.html for more details. Enhancements - introduced -devel package with autoconf support - enable Lua support Fedora Bug Fixes - the root warning dialog no longer shows up The following vulnerabilities have been fixed. See the security advisory for details and a workaround.
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa- sec-2009-09.html - The Daintree SNA file parser could overflow a buffer. (Bug 4294) CVE-2009-4376 - The SMB and SMB2 dissectors could crash. (Bug 4301) CVE-2009-4377 - The IPMI dissector could crash on Windows. (Bug 4319) The following bugs have been fixed: - Wireshark does not graph rtp streams. (Bug 3801) - Wireshark showing extraneous data in a TCP stream. (Bug 3955) - Wrong decoding of gtp.target identification. (Bug 3974) - TTE dissector bug. (Bug 4247) - Upper case in Lua pref symbol causes Wireshark to crash. (Bug 4255) - OpenBSD 4.5 build fails at epan/dissectors/packet-rpcap.c. (Bug 4258) - Incorrect display of stream data using 'Follow tcp stream' option. (Bug 4288) - Custom RADIUS dictionary can cause a crash. (Bug 4316) Updated Protocol Support - DAP, eDonkey, GTP, IPMI, MIP, RADIUS, RANAP, SMB, SMB2, TCP, TTE, VNC, X.509sat Updated Capture File Support - Daintree SNA.

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 remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201006-05 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities were found in the Daintree SNA file parser,     the SMB, SMB2, IPMI, and DOCSIS dissectors. For further information     please consult the CVE entries referenced below.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service and possibly execute     arbitrary code via crafted packets or malformed packet trace files.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

This update of wireshark fixes :

  - Remote attackers could potentially trigger a buffer     overflow in the Daintree SNA file parser.
    (CVE-2009-4376)

  - Specially crafted packets could cause the SMB and SMB2     dissector to crash wireshark. (CVE-2009-4377)

  - Unspecified vulnerability in the Infiniband dissector     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2009-2563)

  - Several buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector.
    (CVE-2010-0304)

This advisory updates wireshark to the latest 1.2.5 version, fixing several bugs and two security issues :

  - The (1) SMB and (2) SMB2 dissectors in Wireshark 0.9.0     through 1.2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (crash) via a crafted packet (CVE-2009-4377)

  - Buffer overflow in the daintree_sna_read function in the     Daintree SNA file parser in Wireshark 1.2.0 through     1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via     a crafted packet (CVE-2009-4376)

This update of wireshark fixes :

  - CVE-2009-4376: Remote attackers could potentially     trigger a buffer overflow in the Daintree SNA file     parser.

  - CVE-2009-4377: Specially crafted packets could cause the     SMB and SMB2 dissector to crash wireshark.

  - CVE-2009-2563: Unspecified vulnerability in the     Infiniband dissector allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service.

  - CVE-2010-0304: Several buffer overflows in the LWRES     dissector.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
43350	Wireshark / Ethereal 0.9.0 to 1.2.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	12/18/2009	3/9/2023	high
43592	Fedora 12 : wireshark-1.2.5-3.fc12 (2009-13592)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	12/27/2009	1/11/2021	high
46772	GLSA-201006-05 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	6/2/2010	1/6/2021	high
51635	SuSE 11 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 2082)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/21/2011	1/14/2021	high
45077	SuSE 11 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 2082)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/17/2010	1/14/2021	high
48169	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2010:016)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	7/30/2010	1/6/2021	high
45076	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-1900)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/17/2010	1/14/2021	high
45072	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-1900)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/17/2010	1/14/2021	high
45074	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-1900)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/17/2010	1/14/2021	high

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