Executive Summary

Summary
Title Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201409-01 First vendor Publication 2014-09-01
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2014-09-01
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Wireshark which could allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service.

Background

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer formerly known as ethereal.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service condition via specially crafted packets.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.10.9"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-5161 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5161
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-5162 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5162
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-5163 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5163
[ 4 ] CVE-2014-5164 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5164
[ 5 ] CVE-2014-5165 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-5165

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-01.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-01.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26018
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26018
Title: DSA-3002-1 wireshark - security update
Description: Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for Catapult DCT2000, IrDA, GSM Management, RLC ASN.1 BER, which could result in denial of service.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-3002-1
CVE-2014-5161
CVE-2014-5162
CVE-2014-5163
CVE-2014-5164
CVE-2014-5165
 Version: 3
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 7.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7.0
 Product(s): wireshark
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27036
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27036
Title: SUSE-SU-2014:1221-1 -- Security update for wireshark
Description: The wireshark package was upgraded to 1.10.10 from 1.8.x as 1.8 was discontinued. This update fixes vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to crash Wireshark or make it become unresponsive by sending specific packets onto the network or have them loaded via a capture file while the dissectors are running. It also contains a number of other bug fixes. * RTP dissector crash. (wnpa-sec-2014-12 CVE-2014-6421 CVE-2014-6422) * MEGACO dissector infinite loop. (wnpa-sec-2014-13 CVE-2014-6423) * Netflow dissector crash. (wnpa-sec-2014-14 CVE-2014-6424) * RTSP dissector crash. (wnpa-sec-2014-17 CVE-2014-6427) * SES dissector crash. (wnpa-sec-2014-18 CVE-2014-6428) * Sniffer file parser crash. (wnpa-sec-2014-19 CVE-2014-6429 CVE-2014-6430 CVE-2014-6431 CVE-2014-6432) * The Catapult DCT2000 and IrDA dissectors could underrun a buffer. (wnpa-sec-2014-08 CVE-2014-5161 CVE-2014-5162, bnc#889901) * The GSM Management dissector could crash. (wnpa-sec-2014-09 CVE-2014-5163, bnc#889906) * The RLC dissector could crash. (wnpa-sec-2014-10 CVE-2014-5164, bnc#889900) * The ASN.1 BER dissector could crash. (wnpa-sec-2014-11 CVE-2014-5165, bnc#889899) Further bug fixes as listed in: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.10.html <https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.10.html> and https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.9.html <https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.9.html> . Security Issues: * CVE-2014-5161 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5161> * CVE-2014-5162 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5162> * CVE-2014-5163 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5163> * CVE-2014-5164 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5164> * CVE-2014-5165 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5165> * CVE-2014-6421 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6421> * CVE-2014-6422 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6422> * CVE-2014-6423 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6423> * CVE-2014-6424 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6424> * CVE-2014-6427 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6427> * CVE-2014-6428 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6428> * CVE-2014-6429 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6429> * CVE-2014-6430 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6430> * CVE-2014-6431 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6431> * CVE-2014-6432 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6432>
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): SUSE-SU-2014:1221-1
CVE-2014-6421
CVE-2014-6422
CVE-2014-6423
CVE-2014-6424
CVE-2014-6427
CVE-2014-6428
CVE-2014-6429
CVE-2014-6430
CVE-2014-6431
CVE-2014-6432
CVE-2014-5161
CVE-2014-5162
CVE-2014-5163
CVE-2014-5164
CVE-2014-5165
 Version: 3
Platform(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
 Product(s): wireshark
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 9

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2014-08-07 IAVM : 2014-B-0104 - Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in Wireshark
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0053635

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-01-19 Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.
File : solaris11_wireshark_20140915.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-10-02 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2014-566.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-09-29 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_wireshark-140923.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-09-02 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201409-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-08-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2014-499.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-08-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-08-09 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2014-159.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-08-08 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-9112.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-08-04 Name : The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by multiple ...
File : wireshark_1_10_9.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-09-03 13:25:17
  • Multiple Updates
2014-09-01 21:22:06
  • First insertion