Summary
Name:Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark® version
0.9.2 to 1.2.0
Docid: wnpa-sec-2009-04
Date: July 20, 2009
Versions affected: 0.9.2 up to and including
1.2.0
Details
Description
Wireshark 1.2.1 fixes the following vulnerabilities:
-
The IPMI dissector could overrun a buffer.
(Bug
3559)
Versions affected: 1.2.0
CVE-2009-2559
-
The AFS dissector could crash.
(Bug
3564)
Versions affected: 0.9.2 to 1.2.0
CVE-2009-2562
-
The Infiniband dissector could crash on some platforms.
Versions affected: 1.0.6 to 1.2.0
CVE-2009-2563
-
The Bluetooth L2CAP dissector could crash.
(Bug
3572)
Versions affected: 1.2.0
CVE-2009-2560
-
The RADIUS dissector could crash.
(Bug
3578)
Versions affected: 0.10.13 to 1.0.9, 1.2.0
CVE-2009-2560
-
The MIOP dissector could crash.
(Bug
3652)
Versions affected: 1.2.0
CVE-2009-2560
-
The sFlow dissector could use excessive CPU and memory.
(Bug
3570)
Versions affected: 1.2.0
CVE-2009-2561
Impact
It may be possible to make Wireshark crash remotely or by convincing
someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
Resolution
Upgrade to Wireshark 1.2.1 or later.
If are running Wireshark 1.2.0 or earlier (including Ethereal)
and cannot upgrade, you can work around each of the problems listed above by
doing the following:
- Disable the affected dissectors:
- Select Analyze→Enabled Protocols... from the menu.
- Make sure "AFS (RX)", "Infiniband", "IPMI/ATCA", "L2CAP", "MIOP",
"RADIUS", and "sFlow" are all un-checked.
- Click "Save", then click "OK".