Date: 14 July 2008
References: ESB-2008.0934 ESB-2008.1082
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AA-2008.0145 AUSCERT Advisory
[Win][UNIX/Linux]
Wireshark 1.0.1 has been released correcting five (5) vulnerabilities
14 July 2008
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AusCERT Advisory Summary
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Product: Wireshark 1.0.0 and prior
Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact: Access Confidential Data
Denial of Service
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2008-3137 CVE-2008-3138 CVE-2008-3139
CVE-2008-3140 CVE-2008-3141
Member content until: Wednesday, July 30 2008
Revision History: July 14 2008: Added CVE numbers
July 2 2008: Initial Release
OVERVIEW
Wireshark 1.0.1 has been released correcting five (5)
vulnerabilities. [1]
DETAILS
The five vulnerabilities are detailed by Wireshark as follows:
- "The GSM SMS dissector could crash. Versions affected: 0.99.2
to 1.0.0"
- "The PANA and KISMET dissectors could force Wireshark to quit
unexpectedly. (Bug 2464) Versions affected: 0.99.3 to 1.0.0"
- "The RTMPT dissector could crash. (Bug 2620) Versions affected:
0.99.8 to 1.0.0"
- "The RMI dissector could disclose system memory. Discovered by
Noam Rathus. Versions affected: 0.9.5 to 1.0.0"
- "The syslog dissector could crash. (Bug 2647) Versions affected:
1.0.0"
MITIGATION
These vulnerabilities are all corrected in version 1.0.1 of
Wireshark available from their download page. [2]
REFERENCES
[1] Wireshark: wnpa-sec-2008-03
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-03.html
[2] Wireshark: Download
http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
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