(RHSA-2009:1100) Moderate: wireshark security update

2009-06-1500:00:00

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10 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.939 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.9%

JSON

Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was
previously known as Ethereal.

A format string flaw was found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed
packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or,
possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2009-1210)

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 malicious dump file. (CVE-2009-1268, CVE-2009-1269, CVE-2009-1829)

Users of wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
Wireshark version 1.0.8, and resolve these issues. All running instances of
Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
RedHat5i386wireshark< 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1wireshark-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
RedHat5x86_64wireshark< 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1wireshark-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
RedHat4s390xwireshark-gnome< 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm
RedHat5ia64wireshark-gnome< 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm
RedHat4s390xwireshark< 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1wireshark-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm
RedHat5s390xwireshark< 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1wireshark-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm
RedHat4ppcwireshark< 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1wireshark-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm
RedHat4i386wireshark< 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1wireshark-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
RedHat4s390wireshark-gnome< 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.s390.rpm
RedHat5s390xwireshark-gnome< 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
RedHat	5	i386	wireshark	< 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1	wireshark-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
RedHat	5	x86_64	wireshark	< 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1	wireshark-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
RedHat	4	s390x	wireshark-gnome	< 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1	wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm
RedHat	5	ia64	wireshark-gnome	< 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1	wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm
RedHat	4	s390x	wireshark	< 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1	wireshark-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm
RedHat	5	s390x	wireshark	< 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1	wireshark-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm
RedHat	4	ppc	wireshark	< 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1	wireshark-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm
RedHat	4	i386	wireshark	< 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1	wireshark-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
RedHat	4	s390	wireshark-gnome	< 1.0.8-1.el4_8.1	wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.s390.rpm
RedHat	5	s390x	wireshark-gnome	< 1.0.8-1.el5_3.1	wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm