Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1446-1 wireshark -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 03 Jan 2008
- Affected Packages:
- wireshark
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-6450, CVE-2007-6451.
- More information:
-
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Wireshark network traffic analyzer, which may lead to denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
- CVE-2007-6450
The RPL dissector could be tricked into an infinite loop.
- CVE-2007-6451
The CIP dissector could be tricked into excessive memory allocation.
For the old stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 0.10.10-2sarge11. (In Sarge Wireshark used to be called Ethereal).
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.99.4-5.etch.2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 0.99.7-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.
- CVE-2007-6450
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (oldstable)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_ia64.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_m68k.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-common_0.10.10-2sarge11_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/tethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal_0.10.10-2sarge11_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ethereal/ethereal-dev_0.10.10-2sarge11_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.