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author | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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committer | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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diff --git a/glsa-200805-05.xml b/glsa-200805-05.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3bce4343 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200805-05.xml @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200805-05"> + <title>Wireshark: Denial of Service</title> + <synopsis> + Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities have been discovered in + Wireshark. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">wireshark</product> + <announced>May 07, 2008</announced> + <revised>May 07, 2008: 01</revised> + <bug>215276</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-analyzer/wireshark" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.0.0</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.0</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer with a graphical front-end. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Errors exist in: + </p> + <ul> + <li> + the X.509sat dissector because of an uninitialized variable and the + Roofnet dissector because a NULL pointer may be passed to the + g_vsnprintf() function (CVE-2008-1561).</li> + <li> + the LDAP dissector because a NULL pointer may be passed to the + ep_strdup_printf() function (CVE-2008-1562).</li> + <li> + the SCCP dissector because it does not reset a pointer once the packet + has been processed (CVE-2008-1563).</li> + </ul> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a + malformed packet or enticing a user to read a malformed packet trace + file, causing a Denial of Service. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Disable the X.509sat, Roofnet, LDAP, and SCCP dissectors. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.0.0"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1561">CVE-2008-1561</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1562">CVE-2008-1562</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1563">CVE-2008-1563</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:11:47 +0000"> + vorlon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:12:26 +0000"> + vorlon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:31:30 +0000"> + mfleming + </metadata> +</glsa> |