Bug 512953 (CVE-2009-2559)

Summary: CVE-2009-2559 Wireshark-1.2.0: DoS (crash) due array index error in IPMI dissector
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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URL: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3559
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2009-07-21 13:29:42 UTC
An array index error was found in the Wireshark's IPMI dissector. 
A remote attacker could create a specially-crafted IPMI packet
capture file, which once opened by an unsuspecting user would
lead to denial of service (Wireshark crash). 

References:
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http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3559

Reproducer:
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https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=3157

Upstream patch:
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http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/epan/dissectors/packet-ipmi-se.c?r1=28801&r2=28800&pathrev=28801&view=patch

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-07-21 13:33:16 UTC
This issue does NOT affect the versions of the wireshark package, as shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

This issue does NOT affect the version of the wireshark package, as shipped
with Fedora release of 10.

This issue affects the versions (wireshark-1.2.0-1.fc{11,12}) of the
wireshark package, as shipped with Fedora releases of 11 and Rawhide.

Comment 2 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-07-21 19:45:50 UTC
MITRE's CVE-2009-2559 entry:

Buffer overflow in the IPMI dissector in Wireshark 1.2.0 allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors
related to an array index error. NOTE: some of these details are
obtained from third party information.

References:
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2559
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35748
http://secunia.com/advisories/35884
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1970

Comment 3 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-08-12 10:31:32 UTC
Official statement from Red Hat Security Response Team regarding this issue:
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Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the Wireshark
package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2009-11-04 12:02:06 UTC
wireshark-1.2.2-1.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2009-12-04 23:38:40 UTC
wireshark-1.2.1-1.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.