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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2009.1117
Wireshark 1.2.3 released to fix mutiple Denial of service vulnerabilities
30 October 2009
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: WireShark
Operating System: Windows
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2009-3549 CVE-2009-3550 CVE-2009-3551
Member content until: Sunday, November 29 2009
OVERVIEW
Version 1.2.3 of Wireshark has been released to fix three (3) Denial
of service vulnerabilities.
IMPACT
The vendor has stated that this release fixes the following issues:
o "The Paltalk dissector could crash on alignment-sensitive
processors." [1]
o "The DCERPC/NT dissector could crash." [1]
o "The SMB dissector could crash." [1]
MITIGATION
The vendor has made version 1.2.3 available for download on their
website. [2]
Other vendors which package Wireshark are expected to update shortly.
REFERENCES
[1] Wireshark: wnpa-sec-2009-07
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-07.html
[2] Wireshark: Download
http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
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in this document is accurate. However, the decision to use the information
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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