| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to wireshark
announced via advisory FEDORA-2006-860.
Wireshark is a network traffic analyzer for Unix-ish operating systems.
This package lays base for libpcap, a packet capture and filtering
library, contains command-line utilities, contains plugins and
documentation for wireshark. A graphical user interface is packaged
separately to GTK+ package.
Update Information:
Versions affected: 0.8.16 up to and including 0.99.0
Details
Description
Wireshark 0.99.2 fixes the following vulnerabilities:
* The GSM BSSMAP dissector could crash. Versions
affected: 0.10.11. CVE:
CVE-2006-3627
Ilja van Sprundel discovered the following vulnerabilities:
* The ANSI MAP dissector was vulnerable to a format
string overflow.
Versions affected: 0.10.0. CVE: CVE-2006-3628
* The Checkpoint FW-1 dissector was vulnerable to a
format string overflow.
Versions affected: 0.10.10. CVE: CVE-2006-3628
* The MQ dissector was vulnerable to a format string
overflow. Versions
affected: 0.10.4. CVE: CVE-2006-3628
* The XML dissector was vulnerable to a format string
overflow. Versions
affected: 0.10.13. CVE: CVE-2006-3628
* The MOUNT dissector could attempt to allocate large
amounts of memory.
Versions affected: 0.9.4. CVE: CVE-2006-3629
* The NCP NMAS and NDPS dissectors were susceptible to
off-by-one errors.
Versions affected: 0.9.7. CVE: CVE-2006-3630
* The NTP dissector was vulnerable to a format string
overflow. Versions
affected: 0.10.13. CVE: CVE-2006-3628
* The SSH dissector was vulnerable to an infinite loop.
Versions affected:
0.9.10. CVE: CVE-2006-3631
* The NFS dissector may have been susceptible to a
buffer overflow. Versions
affected: 0.8.16. CVE: CVE-2006-3632
Impact
It may be possible to make Ethereal crash, use up available
memory, or run
arbitrary code by injecting a purposefully malformed packet
onto the wire or by
convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
Resolution
Upgrade to Wireshark 0.99.2.
* Wed Jul 26 2006 Radek Vokal 0.99.2-fc5.2
- fix BuildRequires
* Tue Jul 25 2006 Radek Vokal 0.99.2-fc5.1
- build for FC5
* Tue Jul 18 2006 Radek Vokál 0.99.2-1
- upgrade to 0.99.2
* Wed Jul 12 2006 Jesse Keating - 0.99.2-0.pre1.1
- rebuild
* Tue Jul 11 2006 Radek Vokál 0.99.2-0.pre1
- upgrade to 0.99.2pre1, fixes (#198242)
* Tue Jun 13 2006 Radek Vokal 0.99.1-0.pre1
- spec file changes
* Fri Jun 9 2006 Radek Vokal 0.99.1pre1-1
- initial build for Fedora Core
Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/5/
This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update
package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing
Software with yum,' available at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2006-860
Risk factor : Critical
CVSS Score:
10.0
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