A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200608-26
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 29, 2006
Bugs: #144946
ID: 200608-26
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Synopsis
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Wireshark is vulnerable to several security issues that may lead to a
Denial of Service and/or the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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Wireshark is a feature-rich network protocol analyzer.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-analyzer/wireshark < 0.99.3 >= 0.99.3
Description
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The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark.
Firstly, if the IPsec ESP parser is used it is susceptible to
off-by-one errors, this parser is disabled by default; secondly, the
SCSI dissector is vulnerable to an unspecified crash; and finally, the
Q.2931 dissector of the SSCOP payload may use all the available memory
if a port range is configured. By default, no port ranges are
configured.
Impact
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An attacker might be able to exploit these vulnerabilities, resulting
in a crash or the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of
the user running Wireshark, possibly the root user.
Workaround
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Disable the SCSI and Q.2931 dissectors with the "Analyse" and "Enabled
protocols" menus. Make sure the ESP decryption is disabled, with the
"Edit -> Preferences -> Protocols -> ESP" menu.
Resolution
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All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-0.99.3"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-4330
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4330
[ 2 ] CVE-2006-4331
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4331
[ 3 ] CVE-2006-4332
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4332
[ 4 ] CVE-2006-4333
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4333
[ 5 ] Wireshark official advisory
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-02.html
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-26.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
