71555 : Wireshark pcap-ng Large packet-length Field DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-02-07

Description

Wireshark contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when the wiretap/pcapng.c process fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input when handling pcap-ng files containing large packet-length fields, allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Classification

Location: Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.2.15, 1.4.4 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
		1.2.1
		1.2.2
		1.2.3
		1.2.4
		1.2.5
		1.2.6
		1.2.7
		1.2.8
		1.2.9
		1.2.10
		1.2.11
		1.2.12
		1.2.13
		1.2.14
		1.4.0
		1.4.1
		1.4.2
		1.4.3

References

CVE ID: 2011-1139 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 43554 43759 43795 43821 44018 44169 46343
Related OSVDB ID: 71548 71549 71550 71551 71552 71553 71554 71556
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201110-02.xml
RedHat RHSA: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html
Mail List Post: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Oct/412
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/7850661
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8086844
Other Advisory URL: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html

Credit

Huzaifa Sidhpurwala - Red Hat Security Response Team

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-03-03 | Disagree?

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