__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN Wireshark Vulnerabilities [Debian Security Advisory DSA-1446-1] January 4, 2008 20:00 GMT Number S-103 [REVISED 23 Jan 2008] ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Wireshark network traffic analyzer, which may lead to denial of service. PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (oldstable) and 4.0 (stable) RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES, WS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) DAMAGE: May lead to denial of service. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. May lead to a denial of service. ASSESSMENT: ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-103.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1446 ADDITIONAL LINKS: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27071/discuss CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2007-6450 CVE-2007-6451 ______________________________________________________________________________ REVISION HISTORY: 01/23/2008 - revised S-103 to add links to Red Hat RHSA-2008:0058-5 for RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client), Red Hat Desktop (v. 4), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server), Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES, WS (v. 4), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client); and Security Focus 27071. [***** Start Debian Security Advisory DSA-1446-1 *****] Debian Security Advisory DSA-1446-1 wireshark -- several vulnerabilities Date Reported: 03 Jan 2008 Affected Packages: wireshark Vulnerable: Yes Security database references: In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-6450, CVE-2007-6451. More information: Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Wireshark network traffic analyzer, which may lead to denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2007-6450 The RPL dissector could be tricked into an infinite loop. CVE-2007-6451 The CIP dissector could be tricked into excessive memory allocation. For the old stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 0.10.10-2sarge11. (In Sarge Wireshark used to be called Ethereal). For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.99.4-5.etch.2. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 0.99.7-1. We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages. Fixed in: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (oldstable) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10.orig.tar.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11.diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11.dsc Alpha: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_alpha.deb AMD64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_amd64.deb ARM: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_arm.deb HP Precision: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_hppa.deb Intel IA-32: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_i386.deb Intel IA-64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_ia64.deb Motorola 680x0: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_m68k.deb Big-endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_mips.deb Little-endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_mipsel.deb PowerPC: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_powerpc.deb IBM S/390: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_s390.deb Sun Sparc: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_sparc.deb Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4.orig.tar.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2.diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2.dsc Alpha: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_alpha.deb AMD64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_amd64.deb ARM: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_arm.deb HP Precision: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_hppa.deb Intel IA-32: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_i386.deb Intel IA-64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_ia64.deb Big-endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mips.deb Little-endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mipsel.deb PowerPC: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_powerpc.deb IBM S/390: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_s390.deb Sun Sparc: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_sparc.deb MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory. 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