[ GLSA 200712-23 ] Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities

[Robert Buchholz <rbu () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200712-23
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  Severity: High
     Title: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: December 30, 2007
      Bugs: #199958
        ID: 200712-23

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Synopsis
========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark, allowing
for the remote execution of arbitrary code and a Denial of Service.

Background
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Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer with a graphical front-end.

Affected packages
=================

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     Package                 /  Vulnerable  /               Unaffected
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  1  net-analyzer/wireshark      < 0.99.7                    >= 0.99.7

Description
===========

Multiple buffer overflows and infinite loops were discovered in
multiple dissector and parser components, including those for MP3 and
NCP (CVE-2007-6111), PPP (CVE-2007-6112), DNP (CVE-2007-6113), SSL and
iSeries (OS/400) Communication traces (CVE-2007-6114), ANSI MAP
(CVE-2007-6115), Firebird/Interbase (CVE-2007-6116), HTTP
(CVE-2007-6117), MEGACO (CVE-2007-6118), DCP ETSI (CVE-2007-6119),
Bluetooth SDP (CVE-2007-6120), RPC Portmap (CVE-2007-6121), SMB
(CVE-2007-6438), IPv6 amd USB (CVE-2007-6439), WiMAX (CVE-2007-6441),
RPL (CVE-2007-6450), CIP (CVE-2007-6451). The vulnerabilities were
discovered by Stefan Esser, Beyond Security, Fabiodds, Peter Leeming,
Steve and ainsley.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets on a network
being monitored with Wireshark or entice a user to open a specially
crafted file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user running Wireshark (which might be the
root user), or a Denial of Service.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-0.99.7"

References
==========

  [ 1 ] CVE-2007-6111
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6111
  [ 2 ] CVE-2007-6112
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6112
  [ 3 ] CVE-2007-6113
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6113
  [ 4 ] CVE-2007-6114
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6114
  [ 5 ] CVE-2007-6115
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6115
  [ 6 ] CVE-2007-6116
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6116
  [ 7 ] CVE-2007-6117
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6117
  [ 8 ] CVE-2007-6118
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6118
  [ 9 ] CVE-2007-6119
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6119
  [ 10 ] CVE-2007-6120
         http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6120
  [ 11 ] CVE-2007-6121
         http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6121
  [ 12 ] CVE-2007-6438
         http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6438
  [ 13 ] CVE-2007-6439
         http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6439
  [ 14 ] CVE-2007-6441
         http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6441
  [ 15 ] CVE-2007-6450
         http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6450
  [ 16 ] CVE-2007-6451
         http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6451

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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