47933 : Wireshark zlib-compressed Packet Data Uncompression DoS
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Disclosure Date
2008-09-03

Description

Wireshark contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when specially crafted zlib-compressed packets are uncompressed, and will result in loss of availability for the application.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.0.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Gerald Combs

Wireshark

1.0.2

References

Security Tracker: 1020819
CVE ID: 2008-3933 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 31674 31864 31886 32028 32091 32188 32944 33462
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00265.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-05.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00002.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2649
Other Advisory URL: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-392.htm
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-17.xml
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2682
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2835
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00713.html
Vendor URL: http://www.wireshark.org/

Credit

Thomas Nielsen

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 3.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-09-05 | Disagree?

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