Summary

Name: Multiple problems in Wireshark® versions 0.9.6 to 1.0.6

Docid: wnpa-sec-2009-02

Date: April 6, 2009

Versions affected: 0.9.6 up to and including 1.0.6

Details

Description

Wireshark 1.0.7 fixes the following vulnerabilities:

• The PROFINET dissector was vulnerable to a format string overflow. (Bug 3382) Versions affected: 0.99.6 to 1.0.6 CVE-2009-1210
• The LDAP dissector could crash on Windows. (Bug 3262) Versions affected: 0.99.2 to 1.0.6 CVE-2009-1267
• The Check Point High-Availability Protocol (CPHAP) dissector could crash. (Bug 3269) Versions affected: 0.9.6 to 1.0.6 CVE-2009-1268
• Wireshark could crash while loading a Tektronix .rf5 file. (Bug 3366) Versions affected: 0.99.6 to 1.0.6 CVE-2009-1269

Impact

It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by altering the HOME environment variable or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

Resolution

Upgrade to Wireshark 1.0.7 or later.

If are running Wireshark 1.0.6 or earlier (including Ethereal 0.99.0) and cannot upgrade, you can work around each of the problems listed above by doing the following:

• For each user that will run Wireshark (including root if you're running Wireshark as a privileged user), make sure the HOME environment variable doesnt' contain any "%" characters.
• Don't open any Tektronix K12 text or NetScreen capture files.