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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2011.0008
Wireshark 1.4.3 released correcting multiple vulnerabilities
2 February 2011
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Wireshark
Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2011-0444 CVE-2010-4538 CVE-2011-0445
Member content until: Friday, March 4 2011
OVERVIEW
A number of vulnerabilities have been identified in Wireshark prior to
version 1.4.3. [1]
IMPACT
The MAC-LTE dissector and ENTTEC dissector have a buffer overflow
vulnerability that could lead to code execution. [1]
Also a problem in the BER dissector could cause the application
to crash. [1]
MITIGATION
Wireshark 1.4.3 has been released to correct these vulnetabilities. [2]
They also provide the following workarounds: [1]
"Disable the ENTTEC and MAC-LTE dissectors (there is no workaround for the BER issue):
Select Analyze?Enabled Protocols... from the menu.
Make sure "ENTTEC" and "MAC-LTE" are un-checked.
Click "Save", then click "OK"."
REFERENCES
[1] MAC-LTE, ENTTEC, and ASN.1 BER vulnerabilities in Wireshark version
1.4.0
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-02.html
[2] Get Wireshark
http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
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