wireshark: Denial of service - Remote with user interaction

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                         AUSCERT Security Bulletin

                               ASB-2011.0058
    Two new versions of wireshark, 1.6.1 and 1.4.8, have been released
                               20 July 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:        Denial of Service -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution:           Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:            CVE-2011-2597  
Member content until: Friday, August 19 2011

OVERVIEW

        Two new versions of wireshark, 1.6.1 and 1.4.8, have been released
        correcting a number of vulnerabilities.


IMPACT

        The vendor has provided the following details regarding these issues:
        
        "The Lucent/Ascend file parser was susceptible to an infinite loop.
         Versions affected: 1.2.0 to 1.2.17, 1.4.0 to 1.4.7, and 1.6.0.
         CVE-2011-2597
         The ANSI MAP dissector was susceptible to an infinite loop. (Bug 6044)
         Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.4.7 and 1.6.0." [1,2]


MITIGATION

        The vendor recommends upgrading to correct these vulnerabilities. [1,2]


REFERENCES

        [1] Lucent/Ascend file parser and ANSI MAP vulnerabilities in Wireshark
            version 1.4.0 to 1.4.7
            http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-10.html

        [2] Lucent/Ascend file parser and ANSI MAP vulnerabilities in Wireshark
            version 1.6.0 to 1.6.0
            http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-11.html

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