71556 : Wireshark pcap-ng File Handling Memory Corruption
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-02-03

Description

A memory corruption flaw exists in Wireshark. The program frees an uninitialized pointer when processing .pcap files, resulting in memory corruption. With a specially crafted .pcap file, a context-dependent attacker can execute arbitrary code.

Classification

Location: Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.2.15 or 1.4.4 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Wireshark Foundation	Wireshark	1.2.0
		1.2.1
		1.2.2
		1.2.3
		1.2.4
		1.2.5
		1.2.6
		1.2.7
		1.2.8
		1.2.9
		1.2.10
		1.2.11
		1.2.12
		1.2.13
		1.2.14
		1.4.0
		1.4.1
		1.4.2
		1.4.3
		1.5.0

References

CVE ID: 2011-0538 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 43554 43759 43795 43821 44018 46343
Related OSVDB ID: 71548 71549 71550 71551 71552 71553 71554 71555
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055650.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055664.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201110-02.xml
RedHat RHSA: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0370.html
Mail List Post: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Oct/412
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2201
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/7850661
Other Advisory URL: http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-03.html

Credit

Huzaifa Sidhpurwala - Red Hat Security Response Team

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-02-09 | Disagree?

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