- Issued:
- 2012-04-23
- Updated:
- 2012-04-23
RHSA-2012:0509 - 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 6.
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 is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal.
Several flaws were 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-2011-1590, CVE-2011-4102, CVE-2012-1595)
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-2011-1143, CVE-2011-1957, CVE-2011-1958, CVE-2011-1959, CVE-2011-2174, CVE-2011-2175, CVE-2011-2597, CVE-2011-2698, CVE-2012-0041, CVE-2012-0042, CVE-2012-0067, CVE-2012-0066)
Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. 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
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Storage | 2.0 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) | 2.0 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise | 2.0 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.2 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.2 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 6.2 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 6.2 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.2 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.2 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 6.2 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- wireshark-debuginfo-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.s390x.rpm
- wireshark-debuginfo-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.i686.rpm
- wireshark-gnome-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.ppc64.rpm
- wireshark-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.s390x.rpm
- wireshark-debuginfo-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm
- wireshark-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.src.rpm
- wireshark-devel-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm
- wireshark-debuginfo-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.ppc.rpm
- wireshark-devel-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.s390.rpm
- wireshark-devel-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.i686.rpm
- wireshark-gnome-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.s390x.rpm
- wireshark-gnome-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm
- wireshark-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.x86_64.rpm
- wireshark-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.i686.rpm
- wireshark-gnome-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.i686.rpm
- wireshark-devel-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.ppc.rpm
- wireshark-devel-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.ppc64.rpm
- wireshark-devel-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.s390x.rpm
- wireshark-debuginfo-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.ppc64.rpm
- wireshark-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.s390.rpm
- wireshark-debuginfo-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.s390.rpm
- wireshark-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.ppc64.rpm
- wireshark-1.2.15-2.el6_2.1.ppc.rpm
Fixes
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CVEs
- CVE-2011-1143
- CVE-2012-1595
- CVE-2011-1957
- CVE-2011-2698
- CVE-2012-0066
- CVE-2012-0067
- CVE-2011-2175
- CVE-2011-2174
- CVE-2011-2597
- CVE-2011-1590
- CVE-2012-0041
- CVE-2011-4102
- CVE-2012-0042
- CVE-2011-1958
- CVE-2011-1959
References
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.