Bug 468171 (CVE-2008-4683)

Summary:	CVE-2008-4683 wireshark: DoS (app crash or abort) in Bluetooth ACL dissector via a packet with an invalid length
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	kreilly, rvokal
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Bug Depends On:	486548, 486549, 486550, 486551, 486552, 833990
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2008-10-23 12:51:18 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-4683 to
the following vulnerability:

The dissect_btacl function in packet-bthci_acl.c in the Bluetooth ACL
dissector in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (application crash or abort) via a packet
with an invalid length, related to an erroneous tvb_memcpy call.

Affected Wireshark versions: 0.99.2 through 1.0.3

References: 

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-06.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1513
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31838
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2872
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021069
http://secunia.com/advisories/32355

Comment 5 Red Hat Product Security 2009-03-05 07:37:33 UTC

This issue was addressed in:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0313.html