Synopsis

Moderate: wireshark security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues, three bugs,
and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.

Description

Wireshark, previously known as Ethereal, is a network protocol analyzer. It
is used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Wireshark handled
Endace ERF (Extensible Record Format) capture files. If Wireshark opened a
specially-crafted ERF capture file, it could crash or, possibly, execute
arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2011-4102)

Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could
crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or
opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2011-1958, CVE-2011-1959, CVE-2011-2175,
CVE-2011-2698, CVE-2012-0041, CVE-2012-0042, CVE-2012-0066, CVE-2012-0067,
CVE-2012-4285, CVE-2012-4289, CVE-2012-4290, CVE-2012-4291)

The CVE-2011-1958, CVE-2011-1959, CVE-2011-2175, and CVE-2011-4102 issues
were discovered by Huzaifa Sidhpurwala of the Red Hat Security Response
Team.

This update also fixes the following bugs:

• When Wireshark starts with the X11 protocol being tunneled through an SSH
  connection, it automatically prepares its capture filter to omit the SSH
  packets. If the SSH connection was to a link-local IPv6 address including
  an interface name (for example ssh -X [ipv6addr]%eth0), Wireshark parsed
  this address erroneously, constructed an incorrect capture filter and
  refused to capture packets. The "Invalid capture filter" message was
  displayed. With this update, parsing of link-local IPv6 addresses is fixed
  and Wireshark correctly prepares a capture filter to omit SSH packets over
  a link-local IPv6 connection. (BZ#438473)
  
• Previously, Wireshark's column editing dialog malformed column names when
  they were selected. With this update, the dialog is fixed and no longer
  breaks column names. (BZ#493693)
  
• Previously, TShark, the console packet analyzer, did not properly analyze
  the exit code of Dumpcap, Wireshark's packet capturing back end. As a
  result, TShark returned exit code 0 when Dumpcap failed to parse its
  command-line arguments. In this update, TShark correctly propagates the
  Dumpcap exit code and returns a non-zero exit code when Dumpcap fails.
  (BZ#580510)
  
• Previously, the TShark "-s" (snapshot length) option worked only for a
  value greater than 68 bytes. If a lower value was specified, TShark
  captured just 68 bytes of incoming packets. With this update, the "-s"
  option is fixed and sizes lower than 68 bytes work as expected. (BZ#580513)
  

This update also adds the following enhancement:

• In this update, support for the "NetDump" protocol was added. (BZ#484999)
  

All users of Wireshark are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain backported patches to correct these issues and add this
enhancement. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the
update to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 438473 - wireshark via ssh -X on ipv6 link-local address fails to allow capture
• BZ - 484999 - add netdump dissector to wireshark
• BZ - 580510 - tshark returns exit code 0 in case of errors
• BZ - 580513 - tshark snaplen parameter does not work
• BZ - 710039 - CVE-2011-1959 wireshark: Stack-based buffer over-read from tvbuff buffer when reading snoop capture files
• BZ - 710109 - CVE-2011-2175 wireshark: Heap-based buffer over-read in Visual Networks dissector
• BZ - 710184 - CVE-2011-1958 wireshark (64bit): NULL pointer dereference by processing of a corrupted Diameter dictionary file
• BZ - 723215 - CVE-2011-2698 wireshark: Infinite loop in the ANSI A Interface (IS-634/IOS) dissector
• BZ - 750648 - CVE-2011-4102 wireshark: buffer overflow in the ERF file reader
• BZ - 773726 - CVE-2012-0041 wireshark: multiple file parser vulnerabilities (wnpa-sec-2012-01)
• BZ - 773728 - CVE-2012-0042 wireshark: NULL pointer vulnerabilities (wnpa-sec-2012-02)
• BZ - 783360 - CVE-2012-0066 Wireshark: Dos via large buffer allocation request
• BZ - 783363 - CVE-2012-0067 Wireshark: Dos due to integer overflow in IPTrace capture format parser
• BZ - 848541 - CVE-2012-4285 wireshark: crash due to zero division in DCP ETSI dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-13)
• BZ - 848561 - CVE-2012-4289 wireshark: DoS via excessive CPU consumption in AFP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-17)
• BZ - 848572 - CVE-2012-4291 wireshark: DoS via excessive system resource consumption in CIP dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-20)
• BZ - 848578 - CVE-2012-4290 wireshark: DoS via excessive CPU consumption in CTDB dissector (wnpa-sec-2012-23)

CVEs

• CVE-2011-2698
• CVE-2012-0066
• CVE-2012-0067
• CVE-2011-2175
• CVE-2012-0041
• CVE-2011-4102
• CVE-2012-0042
• CVE-2011-1958
• CVE-2011-1959
• CVE-2012-4289
• CVE-2012-4285
• CVE-2012-4291
• CVE-2012-4290

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
wireshark-1.0.15-5.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 019e15ba95458b198d4c3a2cddf35875c179968ac1a24aa614fc9edd42db5d03
x86_64
wireshark-1.0.15-5.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a0d39c52d5d34f1e172cd0303d2818042d3933183b51041d862a0f2644a7d941
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-5.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 2cf3a48eced12000c4833579ab7c15c53c3bfc979eece49421dd7db010347bc7
wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-5.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 57b7432e8aa8aa4937ab233a2fb0e953fd219feb9bc798de7495311b4eea69d0
ia64
wireshark-1.0.15-5.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 4a0320c2365f4f78e57345b39533e886a62c68454c59d005ee17b8ddb6540856
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-5.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 0c324110f93906403ad6fc42be50abacdb01e06634f4d33a36ef0b7f5f1d15cb
wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-5.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: abd2c320f171e26c412125c6b8d6950eb075606c4cda6c431de40f6b73efb767
i386
wireshark-1.0.15-5.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: e3241132e0edff6ae5ac0adbdf0d4819a38096c1bf726ed730ac1750c09cf183
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-5.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 29d5ae6fb7c44bd942cc36e85684f46b9bfd2a3686c543b1cea3fbe9dbb883f4
wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-5.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 7141b8bdea9ee19a8c01c3a43cdd9a4015161f569527579c4e380b4c3e7ac60a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
wireshark-1.0.15-5.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 019e15ba95458b198d4c3a2cddf35875c179968ac1a24aa614fc9edd42db5d03
x86_64
wireshark-1.0.15-5.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a0d39c52d5d34f1e172cd0303d2818042d3933183b51041d862a0f2644a7d941
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-5.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 2cf3a48eced12000c4833579ab7c15c53c3bfc979eece49421dd7db010347bc7
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-5.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 2cf3a48eced12000c4833579ab7c15c53c3bfc979eece49421dd7db010347bc7
wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-5.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 57b7432e8aa8aa4937ab233a2fb0e953fd219feb9bc798de7495311b4eea69d0
i386
wireshark-1.0.15-5.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: e3241132e0edff6ae5ac0adbdf0d4819a38096c1bf726ed730ac1750c09cf183
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-5.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 29d5ae6fb7c44bd942cc36e85684f46b9bfd2a3686c543b1cea3fbe9dbb883f4
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-5.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 29d5ae6fb7c44bd942cc36e85684f46b9bfd2a3686c543b1cea3fbe9dbb883f4
wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-5.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 7141b8bdea9ee19a8c01c3a43cdd9a4015161f569527579c4e380b4c3e7ac60a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
wireshark-1.0.15-5.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 019e15ba95458b198d4c3a2cddf35875c179968ac1a24aa614fc9edd42db5d03
x86_64
wireshark-1.0.15-5.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a0d39c52d5d34f1e172cd0303d2818042d3933183b51041d862a0f2644a7d941
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-5.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 2cf3a48eced12000c4833579ab7c15c53c3bfc979eece49421dd7db010347bc7
i386
wireshark-1.0.15-5.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: e3241132e0edff6ae5ac0adbdf0d4819a38096c1bf726ed730ac1750c09cf183
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-5.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 29d5ae6fb7c44bd942cc36e85684f46b9bfd2a3686c543b1cea3fbe9dbb883f4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
wireshark-1.0.15-5.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 019e15ba95458b198d4c3a2cddf35875c179968ac1a24aa614fc9edd42db5d03
s390x
wireshark-1.0.15-5.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: edf18779c29e012e3036f17eba0d793bcd49d2e6d73b042596d8d99c884db115
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-5.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: be16b421138e632fed24566df9877c0de792e5e6f169e078ece745d26d3733a0
wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-5.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: c6054aae0156c5991be78660f74bfaa093e68d113a277c475ceef87f6cbfdc01

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
wireshark-1.0.15-5.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 019e15ba95458b198d4c3a2cddf35875c179968ac1a24aa614fc9edd42db5d03
ppc
wireshark-1.0.15-5.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 594a8cba7950ef31e5ce63b136e3ed22857c99a2ac240e33f060d74d2167a039
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-5.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: e45ec44eb89ca049e94b624b2530190df71823b80be4bd2682ae6d6d5d61214d
wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-5.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: d45372002e82f66d5beb4ea83c483783b5b901a80c734e9e2f6df10b727a2ce2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
wireshark-1.0.15-5.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 019e15ba95458b198d4c3a2cddf35875c179968ac1a24aa614fc9edd42db5d03
x86_64
wireshark-1.0.15-5.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a0d39c52d5d34f1e172cd0303d2818042d3933183b51041d862a0f2644a7d941
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-5.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 2cf3a48eced12000c4833579ab7c15c53c3bfc979eece49421dd7db010347bc7
wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-5.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 57b7432e8aa8aa4937ab233a2fb0e953fd219feb9bc798de7495311b4eea69d0
i386
wireshark-1.0.15-5.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: e3241132e0edff6ae5ac0adbdf0d4819a38096c1bf726ed730ac1750c09cf183
wireshark-debuginfo-1.0.15-5.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 29d5ae6fb7c44bd942cc36e85684f46b9bfd2a3686c543b1cea3fbe9dbb883f4
wireshark-gnome-1.0.15-5.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 7141b8bdea9ee19a8c01c3a43cdd9a4015161f569527579c4e380b4c3e7ac60a