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AA-2008.0187                  AUSCERT Advisory

                             [Win][UNIX/Linux]
           Denial of Service vulnerability reported in Wireshark
                             8 September 2008
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        AusCERT Advisory Summary
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Product:              Wireshark
Operating System:     UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
                      Windows
Impact:               Denial of Service
Access:               Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names:            CVE-2008-3932 CVE-2008-3933 CVE-2008-3934
Member content until: Friday, October 03 2008

Revision History:     September 8 2008: Added CVE References
                      September 5 2008: Initial Release

OVERVIEW:

       A number of vulnerabilities have been reported in Wireshark versions 
       0.9.7 up to and including 1.0.2.


IMPACT:

       The vendor has confirmed that these vulnerabilities can cause a Denial 
       of Service "... by injecting a series of malformed packets onto the wire 
       or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file." [1]


MITIGATION: 

       The vendor recommends upgrading to Wireshark version 1.0.3 or later.


REFERENCES:

       [1] Wireshark: wnpa-sec-2008-05
           http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-05.html

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described is the responsibility of each user or organisation. The decision to
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If you believe that your computer system has been compromised or attacked in 
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        http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=3192

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