Wireshark NCP Dissector and zlib Processing Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020819 |
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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