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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: wireshark security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0890-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html
Issue date: 2008-10-01
CVE Names: CVE-2008-1070 CVE-2008-1071 CVE-2008-1072
CVE-2008-1561 CVE-2008-1562 CVE-2008-1563
CVE-2008-3137 CVE-2008-3138 CVE-2008-3141
CVE-2008-3145 CVE-2008-3146 CVE-2008-3932
CVE-2008-3933 CVE-2008-3934
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1. Summary:
Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was
previously known as Ethereal.
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read
a malformed packet off a network, it could crash or, possibly, execute
arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2008-3146)
Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could
crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or
opened a malformed dump file. (CVE-2008-1070, CVE-2008-1071, CVE-2008-1072,
CVE-2008-1561, CVE-2008-1562, CVE-2008-1563, CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138,
CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145, CVE-2008-3932, CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-3934)
Additionally, this update changes the default Pluggable Authentication
Modules (PAM) configuration to always prompt for the root password before
each start of Wireshark. This avoids unintentionally running Wireshark with
root privileges.
Users of wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
Wireshark version 1.0.3, and resolve these issues.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
435481 - CVE-2008-1070 wireshark: SCTP dissector crash
435482 - CVE-2008-1071 wireshark: SNMP dissector crash
435483 - CVE-2008-1072 wireshark: TFTP dissector crash
439943 - CVE-2008-1563 wireshark: crash in SCCP dissector
440014 - CVE-2008-1561 wireshark: crash in X.509sat and Roofnet dissectors
440015 - CVE-2008-1562 wireshark: crash in LDAP dissector
448584 - Don't automatically use stored privileges
454970 - CVE-2008-3137 wireshark: crash in the GSM SMS dissector
454971 - CVE-2008-3138 wireshark: unexpected exit in the PANA and KISMET dissectors
454975 - CVE-2008-3141 wireshark: memory disclosure in the RMI dissector
454984 - CVE-2008-3145 wireshark: crash in the packet reassembling
461242 - CVE-2008-3146 wireshark: multiple buffer overflows in NCP dissector
461243 - CVE-2008-3932 wireshark: infinite loop in the NCP dissector
461244 - CVE-2008-3933 wireshark: crash triggered by zlib-compressed packet data
461245 - CVE-2008-3934 wireshark: crash via crafted Tektronix .rf5 file
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3AS/en/os/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.src.rpm
i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
ia64:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm
ppc:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.ppc.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.ppc.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.ppc.rpm
s390:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390.rpm
s390x:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390x.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390x.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3desktop/en/os/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.src.rpm
i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3ES/en/os/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.src.rpm
i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
ia64:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3WS/en/os/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.src.rpm
i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm
ia64:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.src.rpm
i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
ia64:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm
ppc:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ppc.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ppc.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ppc.rpm
s390:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.s390.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.s390.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.s390.rpm
s390x:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.s390x.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.s390x.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.src.rpm
i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.src.rpm
i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
ia64:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.src.rpm
i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.i386.rpm
ia64:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-3.el4_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2.src.rpm
i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.i386.rpm
x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2.src.rpm
i386:
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-4.el5_2.i386.rpm
x86_64:
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-4.el5_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2.src.rpm
i386:
wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2.i386.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.i386.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-4.el5_2.i386.rpm
ia64:
wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2.ia64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.ia64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-4.el5_2.ia64.rpm
ppc:
wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2.ppc.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.ppc.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-4.el5_2.ppc.rpm
s390x:
wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2.s390x.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.s390x.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-4.el5_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
wireshark-1.0.3-4.el5_2.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.3-4.el5_2.x86_64.rpm
wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-4.el5_2.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
7. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1070
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1071
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1072
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1561
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1562
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1563
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3137
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3138
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3141
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3145
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3146
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3932
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3933
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3934
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/
http://www.wireshark.org/security/
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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