Issued:

2009-06-15

Updated:

2009-06-15

RHSA-2009:1100 - Moderate: wireshark security update

Synopsis

Moderate: wireshark security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Description

Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal.

A format string flaw was found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2009-1210)

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-2009-1268, CVE-2009-1269, CVE-2009-1829)

Users of wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.8, and resolve these issues. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.s390.rpm
• wireshark-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
• wireshark-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm
• wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
• wireshark-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm
• wireshark-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
• wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
• wireshark-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm
• wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm
• wireshark-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm
• wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm
• wireshark-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm
• wireshark-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.s390.rpm
• wireshark-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm
• wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm
• wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
• wireshark-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
• wireshark-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.src.rpm
• wireshark-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
• wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
• wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm
• wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm
• wireshark-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.src.rpm
• wireshark-gnome-1.0.8-1.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 493973
• This content is not included.BZ - 495119
• This content is not included.BZ - 495121
• This content is not included.BZ - 501929

CVEs

• CVE-2009-1269
• CVE-2009-1268
• CVE-2009-1210
• CVE-2009-1829

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• Content from www.wireshark.org is not included.Content from www.wireshark.org is not included.http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-02.html
• Content from www.wireshark.org is not included.Content from www.wireshark.org is not included.http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-03.html

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.