CVE-2011-2698
First published: Mon Jun 20 2011(Updated: )
An infinite loop was found in the way ANSI A Interface (IS-634/IOS) dissector of the Wireshark network traffic analyzer processed certain ANSI A MAP capture files. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious packet capture file, it could lead to denial of service (Wireshark hang). Upstream bug: [1] <a href="https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6044">https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6044</a> Public PoC: [2] <a href="http://www.wireshark.org/download/automated/captures/fuzz-2011-06-20-22762.pcap">http://www.wireshark.org/download/automated/captures/fuzz-2011-06-20-22762.pcap</a> Relevant upstream patch: [3] <a href="http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=37930">http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=37930</a> References: [4] <a href="http://www.wireshark.org/security/">http://www.wireshark.org/security/</a> [5] <a href="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-11.html">http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-11.html</a> [6] <a href="http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-10.html">http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-10.html</a>
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Wireshark Wireshark | =1.6.0 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =1.4.7 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =1.4.2 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =1.4.0 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =1.4.5 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =1.4.4 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =1.4.6 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =1.4.3 | |
| Wireshark Wireshark | =1.4.1 | |
| redhat/wireshark | <0:1.0.15-5.el5 | 0:1.0.15-5.el5 |
| redhat/wireshark | <0:1.2.15-2.el6_2.1 | 0:1.2.15-2.el6_2.1 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063591.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6044
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49071
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-10.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45574
- http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=37930
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/19/5
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063586.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-11.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45086
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723215
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69074
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14610
- http://www.wireshark.org/download/automated/captures/fuzz-2011-06-20-22762.pcap
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2597
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=719782
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2698
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0509.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0125.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2698 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2698
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0125
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0509
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