56021 : Wireshark MIOP Dissector Unspecified DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-07-20

Description

Wireshark contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when the MIOP dissector processes packets with malformed Unique ID lengths (>=256 bytes), and will result in loss of availability for the service.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.2.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Wireshark Foundation

Wireshark

1.2.0

References

CVE ID: 2009-2560 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 35748
Secunia Advisory ID: 35884 36650 37254 37409 37477 37622 38152 39545 39714
SCIP VulDB ID: 4054
Related OSVDB ID: 56016 56017 56018 56019 56020 56022
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00002.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1942
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200909-16.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200911-05.xml
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html
RedHat RHSA: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0360.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1970
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.wireshark.org/news/20090720.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00307.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00007.html

Tools & Filters

	40335

Credit

yami - yamisoegmail.com -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-07-21 | Disagree?

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