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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 1673-1] New wireshark packages fix several vulnerabilit

    From Moritz Muehlenhoff@1:229/2 to All on Sun Nov 30 00:10:11 2008
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1673-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff November 29, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : wireshark
    Vulnerability : several
    Problem type : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE ID : CVE-2008-3137 CVE-2008-3138 CVE-2008-3141 CVE-2008-3145 CVE-2008-3933 CVE-2008-4683 CVE-2008-4684 CVE-2008-4685

    Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered network traffic
    analyzer Wireshark. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
    identifies the following problems:

    CVE-2008-3137

    The GSM SMS dissector is vulnerable to denial of service.

    CVE-2008-3138

    The PANA and KISMET dissectors are vulnerable to denial of service.

    CVE-2008-3141

    The RMI dissector could disclose system memory.

    CVE-2008-3145

    The packet reassembling module is vulnerable to denial of service.

    CVE-2008-3933

    The zlib uncompression module is vulnerable to denial of service.

    CVE-2008-4683

    The Bluetooth ACL dissector is vulnerable to denial of service.

    CVE-2008-4684

    The PRP and MATE dissectors are vulnerable to denial of service.

    CVE-2008-4685

    The Q931 dissector is vulnerable to denial of service.

    For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
    version 0.99.4-5.etch.3.

    For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been
    fixed in version 1.0.2-3+lenny2.

    For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon.

    We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

    Upgrade instructions
    - --------------------

    wget url
    will fetch the file for you
    dpkg -i file.deb
    will install the referenced file.

    If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
    sources.list as given below:

    apt-get update
    will update the internal database
    apt-get upgrade
    will install corrected packages

    You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
    footer to the proper configuration.


    Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
    - -------------------------------

    Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 13306790 2556a31d0d770dd1990bd67b98bd2f9b
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.3.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1066 ece7cc5dd8e70c0b5c13bfbf6e8c6eee
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.3.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 48388 2918d72a79fafde4759afe72db727d6f

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.3_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 22872 2ac3fe313364295340483294f1e9fb91
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.3_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 22504 e67991e3aa09ce8bd8a44833fe7e3883
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.3_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 9318436 d88e91f579849725048a4f5d9155871d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.3_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 181432 bd619bdb6fdc69e10dd31241268fac22
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.3_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 22498 b6e13d7c505bceb09cd278c5f07c7c40
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.3_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 674820 b6a532ff5292b77773e1aa4cfc2fd577
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.3_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 22510 eafc125f4a6f9084880fdd2a557b9814
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.3_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 117502 d829953f80e3402ea53f96b5a60010a4

    amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.3_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 181784 be30e7ac952ecec26ed7cf9d73cf07ca
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.3_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 619708 b97e43ebf7fb339df7210c0fed2de92b
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.3_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 22502 24d2101cd90f05f7206ed1b222cf2655
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.3_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 9119506 67bc221048a9a1909e0780547e267956
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tshark_0.99.4-5.etch.3_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 112146 24dad3e9789181bc32c555174ebc6331
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-dev_0.99.4-5.etch.3_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 22516 fd918d886d3f43e85efc336267f8d3b1
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.3_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 22504 e427825910c10ca825d6263d72f3231d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.3_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 22862 8b219977905e0ca92c11669b819a4d62

    arm architecture (ARM)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark-common_0.99.4-5.etch.3_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 7739012 2393f419581304f9d1bc96b2e80a87b9
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/tethereal_0.99.4-5.etch.3_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 22520 91159635ccf35f1d0fc51d80eb5af43d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/wireshark_0.99.4-5.etch.3_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 600564 6c9dc2dfc018156969644378f856521a
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wireshark/ethereal-common_0.99.4-5.etch.3_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 22870 64f1146af6c9759d7fce864dc5f0d7d3

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