Bug 468174 (CVE-2008-4684)

Summary:	CVE-2008-4684 wireshark: DoS (app crash) via certain series of packets by enabling the (1) PRP or (2) MATE post dissector
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	jrusnack, kreilly, rvokal
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OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	486548, 486549, 486550, 486551, 486552, 833990
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2008-10-23 13:02:41 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-4684 to
the following vulnerability:

packet-frame in Wireshark 0.99.2 through 1.0.3 does not properly
handle exceptions thrown by post dissectors, which allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a
certain series of packets, as demonstrated by enabling the (1) PRP or
(2) MATE post dissector.

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=2549
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 4 Red Hat Product Security 2009-03-05 07:37:44 UTC

This issue was addressed in:

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