Wireshark NCP Dissector and zlib Processing Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020819
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1020819
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3146
, CVE-2008-3932
, CVE-2008-3933
, CVE-2008-3934
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Sep 15 2008
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Original Entry Date: Sep 4 2008
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Impact: Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 0.9.7 - 1.0.2
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Wireshark. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send specially crafted NCP data to trigger a buffer overflow and cause the target service to crash or enter an
infinite loop.
A remote user can also send a specially crafted zlib-compressed packet to cause the target service to crash.
A
user can create a specially crafted Tektronix .rf5 file that, when loaded, will cause Wireshark to crash.
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Impact: A remote user can cause the target service to crash.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fix (1.0.3).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-05.html
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Vendor URL: www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-05.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Boundary error, State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 07:34:26 -0400
Subject: Wireshark
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http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-05.html
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