Summary

Name: Vulnerabilities in Wireshark

Docid: wnpa-sec-2010-07

Date: July 29, 2010

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Fixed versions: 1.0.15

Related: wnpa-sec-2010-08 (Multiple vulnerbilities in Wireshark version 1.2.0 to 1.2.9 )

Details

Description

Wireshark 1.0.15 fixes the following vulnerabilities:

• The SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine could overrun a buffer. (Bug 4867)
  Versions affected: 0.10.8 to 1.0.14, 1.2.0 to 1.2.9
  CVE-2010-2995
• Due to a regression the ASN.1 BER dissector could exhaust stack memory. (Bug 4984)
  Versions affected: 0.10.13 to 1.0.14, 1.2.0 to 1.2.9
  CVE-2010-2994

Impact

It may be possible to make Wireshark crash, hang, or execute code by injecting a series of malformed packets onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

Resolution

Upgrade to Wireshark 1.0.15 or later. Due to the nature of these bugs we do not recommend trying to work around the problem by disabling dissectors.