Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2101-1 wireshark -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:

31 Aug 2010

Affected Packages:

wireshark

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2010-2994, CVE-2010-2995.

More information:

Several implementation errors in the dissector of the Wireshark network traffic analyzer for the ASN.1 BER protocol and in the SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.2-3+lenny10.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.10-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2.orig.tar.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10.dsc
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny10_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny10_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny10_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny10_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny10_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny10_arm.deb
ARM EABI:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_armel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny10_armel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny10_armel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_armel.deb
HP Precision:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny10_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny10_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny10_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny10_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny10_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny10_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny10_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny10_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny10_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny10_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny10_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny10_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny10_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny10_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_1.0.2-3+lenny10_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_1.0.2-3+lenny10_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_1.0.2-3+lenny10_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.