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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:19:57 +0100
From: Agostino Sarubbo <ago@...too.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE request: Wireshark multiple vulnerabilities
According to secunia advisory: https://secunia.com/advisories/47494/ :
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Wireshark, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and
compromise a user's system.
1) NULL pointer dereference errors when reading certain packet information can
be exploited to cause a crash.
2) An error within the RLC dissector can be exploited to cause a buffer
overflow via a specially crafted RLC packet capture file.
and according with upstream advisory:
1)http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-01.html
Name: Multiple Wireshark file parser vulnerabilities
Description:
Laurent Butti discovered that Wireshark failed to properly check record sizes
for many packet capture file formats.
Impact:
It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by convincing someone to read a
malformed packet trace file.
2)http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-02.html
Name: Wireshark NULL pointer vulnerabilities
Description:
Wireshark was improperly handling NULL pointers when displaying packet
information which could lead to a crash.
Impact:
It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet
onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
3)http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-03.html
Name: Wireshark RLC dissector buffer overflow
Description:
The RLC dissector could overflow a buffer.
Impact:
It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet
onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
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Agostino Sarubbo ago -at- gentoo.org
Gentoo/AMD64 Arch Security Liaison
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