Summary

Name: Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark

Docid: wnpa-sec-2009-09

Date: December 17, 2009

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Fixed versions: 1.2.5

Details

Description

Wireshark 1.2.5 fixes the following vulnerabilities:

• The Daintree SNA file parser could overflow a buffer. (Bug 4294)
  Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.4 CVE-2009-4376
• The SMB and SMB2 dissectors could crash. (Bug 4301)
  Versions affected: 0.9.0 to 1.2.4 CVE-2009-4377
• The IPMI dissector could crash on Windows. (Bug 4319)
  Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.4 CVE-2009-4378

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 1.2.5 or later. Due to the nature of the Daintree SNA vulnerability, there is no workaround.